SOC Engineer Interview Experience - Santa Clara, California
February 1, 2012
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The interview consisted of one phone interview with one question regarding flip-flops and three IQ questions.
A week later, I was invited to fly to Santa Clara for an onsite, five-hour interview.
This involved:
- Six 45-minute technical interviews
- One one-hour interview
Lots of C questions.
Questions
What does a logic equivalence check do?
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The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Nvidia SOC Engineer role in Santa Clara, California.
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Nvidia's interview process for their SOC Engineer roles in Santa Clara, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Nvidia's SOC Engineer interview process in Santa Clara, California.
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