Systems Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at NVIDIA with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 58% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems Engineer roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 12 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 Systems Engineer according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
Presentation: 18%
One on one interview: 14%
Skills test: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Background check: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at NVIDIA in Feb 2015
Interview
Applied online. 3 weeks later, Got a phone call from HR. She scheduled a phone interview with the team leader of the team that I applied. No behavior questions, just several simple technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to flip an array. What is the truth table of XOR.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at NVIDIA (New Delhi) in Dec 2025
Interview
2 interviewers around asking DSA + OS questions . These required very deep understanding about the system behaviour . Then they have asked me about my projects as well . The problem statement and the solution of the project must be explained properly
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They have written a code snippet and asked how this will exactly print this particular statement in this particular window ?
followed by a quick recruiter screen where they check your background and interest in the role. After that comes a technical phone or video interview with an engineer, where they test your knowledge in areas like Linux, networking, storage, automation, and troubleshooting real-world system issues. If you pass, you move on to panel interviews with multiple engineers and sometimes a manager
and then I got ghosted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A Linux server suddenly becomes unresponsive — how would you go about troubleshooting it?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at NVIDIA in Jun 2025
Interview
One single round for internship was a 45 min call with both behavioral and technical questions with 1 leetcode medium good process very fast movement and good communication and accommodation