I applied online. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
Interviewer was very straight to the point. Did not bother with introductory stuff. Read and asked a few questions directly from my projects in my resume. Then a few behavioral questions. Lastly gave me a problem that would reflect a daily task in the role and ask how I would approach it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you characterize the leakage characteristics of a standard cell library with minimal compute resource as the focus?
It was good, the interviewer was kind enough. Provided with important information and feedback on where I can improve and evolve. The interview was for one hour and it went really well.
Online interview for 45 minutes. He asked about the general digital circuit design questions for timing and power. At the end, he asked my interests and what I would like to work on during the internship.
Circuit Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at NVIDIA with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Circuit Design Engineer roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at NVIDIA overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at NVIDIA as a Circuit Design Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 25%
Personality test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 13%
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