I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Nutanix (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2019
Interview
There were 3 rounds, the 1st one was a casual talk with the HR, 2nd was the assessment, had nearly 2 weeks to submit it,then the last was a 3 hour video interview with 6 seniors - included SRE 's and the manager as well. The assessment was easy passed it. But the last round was grinding, went a lot deep into many concepts of networking, linux commands and virtualization techniques to know which part is strong for me. To crack the last round , must be well versed in any 2 areas among networking/storage/Linux/Virtualization and also the nutanix products and the technology they use.
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Question 1
concentration is more on layer2 troubleshooting ,Linux commands and cloud techniques. knowing ur resume thorough is a must.
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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