Systems Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Nutanix with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 88% positive. To compare, the company-average is 82.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems Engineer roles take an average of 42 days to get hired, when considering 49 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Nutanix overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Nutanix as a Systems Engineer according to 49 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 18%
Drug test: 14%
Presentation: 13%
Background check: 12%
Group panel interview: 11%
Skills test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nutanix (Moscow, Moskva) in Sep 2016
Interview
I passed initial interview with the technical director. I was mostly asked about my virtualization experience including vmware and hyper-v. Also, lots of networking stuff was demanded which i failed to answer right off the head (VXLANs, micro-segmentation, etc). Later, two more interview took place - with HR and regional sales director. It was more general, question "why nutanix" and "what will you bring to company". Every time I was informed about next interviews with some person who has never come up, i had been finding them by myself via linkedin and informing i've gotta talk with them. Got no continuation as they've got short on available positions suddenly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How can you answer Oracle requirement to purchase license for all physical CPUs that could potentially run your virtualized oracle?
It had 4 rounds aptitude two technical interviews and one hr and managerial interview . Aptitude was combination of both technical and logical questions technical one focused on cs fundamentals and technical two focused on core technologies related to their field
Behavioral + Technical Questions.
About 4-5 rounds, final round is with SE leader.
It wasn't too bad, just have to study nutanix bible.
If you don't study then won't be able to recall knowledge about their product.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain difference between kubernetes and virtualization
I applied online. I interviewed at Nutanix (Saint Louis, MO) in Oct 2025
Interview
Talent advisor session first where they ask you for your availability and prep you somewhat for what’s too come. Manager round then Panel round contains 2-3 people then director round Then they make decisions with in about 2 weeks.