I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Nutanix
Interview
Initially contacted by the recruiter in December. During the phone call, I was asked to tell something about myself and how do I relate myself to the position. Answered. Was informed next day of a technical phone screen by the Team Lead after 5-6 days.
During that call, I was asked about basic questions related to the 4 wheels of Nutanix viz. Linux, Virtualization, Storage and Networking. Some scenario based questions were also asked.
Finally was called for onsite interview in the Durham office(which BTW is quite awesome). Basically had 2 rounds: one with two engineers consisting of questions related to the same 4 topics as in the phone screen and one with the Worldwide Manager(who is also the Mastermind of the Program) consisting of behavioral questions.
Overall a very convenient process with everyone being careful about your availability for the interview (conveniently changed the time of an important call just because I was stuck in a storm !!!)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic Linux Commands, Network Layers, Storage Basics and Virtualization concepts(especially related to ESXi)
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Nutanix (Chennai) in Aug 2025
Interview
Questions on Linux commands, operating systems and computer networks were asked. They aimed to know if we had a deep understanding on the subjects. A good experience to understand my weaknesses.
MCQ based pre-interview test and then 1 technical and 1 HR. Was told I was selected for the HR round but after waiting for 2 hrs was told to leave.
The HR themselves stated they were really happy a lot of women made it to the final rounds since they were actively trying to improve the ratio making it feel the process was always a bit biased.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Nutanix (Pune)
Interview
I first had the technical round in which they asked about cloud, devops and linux related questions. It went pretty well but I got rejected after the 1st round. It was a very good experience as the manager was good too.
Site Reliability Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Nutanix with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 82.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Site Reliability Engineer roles take an average of 29 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Site Reliability Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 15%
Skills test: 10%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 5%
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