Systems Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
I applied for the systems software engineer job posting online.
After a month of applying, HR reached out to me. The telephonic interview timings were sent by email by one of the HR representatives.
They were quite flexible when it came to interview timings and dates. The interview process was very structured and professional.
Questions
The questions were mostly on RTOS and its concepts.
Questions ranged from:
- What is a semaphore?
- The difference between a semaphore and a mutex.
- How would you design a system where two threads are trying to access a shared resource at the same time?
Finally, I got a dynamic problem: write a program which accepts user data of any type (it can be a variable, array, structure, pointers, etc.) and sorts it. I did not know the solution to this question.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Nvidia Systems Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.
Success Rate
Nvidia's interview process for their Systems Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Nvidia's Systems Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
Nvidia Work Experiences
- 3.0Great company with infinite workSystems Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJune 23, 2016Pros: Infinite and endless work, but good quality and most of the time challenging. No differentiation of work based on geography. Most of the teams work globally with no work discrimination. Employees are hard-working, talented, intelligent, and helpful. Great work culture due to flat organization. Fast-paced organization creating top-class technologies.Cons: - Mediocre compensation. There is a pay gap among peers. - Non-transparent review process, and increments are unrelated to performance. - Work-life balance is a big-time problem. - Most of the time, engineers have to resort to a lot of manual testing.
- 3.0Easy Coding, Lots Of TestingSystems Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaApril 3, 2016Pros: Flexible timings, less workload, and easy coding.Cons: Lots of testing work to be done by yourself.
- 5.0Great place to work atSystems Software Engineer • Former EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNovember 14, 2021Pros: Great place to work at.Cons: No Cons for this company.
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