The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Nutanix (California City, CA) in Mar 2023
Interview
1. Dead Pod Recovery (Easy) Incorrect
Coding Real-World Easy
Question description
A system has n serving pods numbered from 1 to n distributed across multiple geographical regions. These pods are interconnected by m links,
represented by the array connections. If two pods are connected directly or indirectly, they belong to the same region.
Each pod has a database connection where it writes the critical data received. If a pod loses its database connection, it forwards the data to the
active pod in the same region that has the lowest ID, and that pod writes the data to the region's database. If there are no active pods left in the
region, the data is not written, and an error is recorded in the logs.
Process q queries of two types:
a data-sending query of the form "1 pod_id,"
a database-connection-failure query of the form "2 pod_id"
I applied online. I interviewed at Nutanix (Belgrade, Central Serbia) in May 2026
Interview
The recruitment process began with the submission of my CV. Afterwards, I received several tasks via email that I was required to complete at home. Following the successful completion of those tasks, I was invited to a technical interview at the company.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
What is the difference between internal and external fragmentation?
The interviews consisted of one technical round discussing background and jumping into LeetCode problems. The final round was a behavioral round going deeper into resume with a more senior engineer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Deep dive into encryption, decryption, and one-way and bidirectional encryption strategies.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Nutanix (San Jose, CA) in May 2025
Interview
The interview process was great the whole way through. I had a three-interview superday which began with a 30 minute interview with a hiring manager, followed by two 45 minute technical interviews. I discussed a project I had worked on during the first interview and had a total of 4 Leetcode medium-hard problems on the interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about one of my projects and how it relates to the role at Nutanix.
Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Nutanix with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 90% positive. To compare, the company-average is 82.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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