Two 45-minute interviews back-to-back without a break. One technical session and one coding session (Verilog or SystemVerilog). I got rejected after about two days, but I was still able to interview with other teams.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first interview asked basic technical questions about logic design, STA and FSM etc. The second one was RTL coding for synchronous FIFO with depth=5
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at NVIDIA in Mar 2013
Interview
I was selected through a college campus fair event, where they selected my application based on answers given for set of design questions. I answered 3 phone interviews spread out over 1.5 months. HR would mail me, asking for availability over 2 weeks time. The hiring managers and HR are very prompt and helpful.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at NVIDIA in May 2009
Interview
Applied online, received mail from HR to setup phone interview. Was asked technical questions related to FIFO implementation. Rest of the interview was on the projects I have done. The questions on FIFOs was related to the cases handling overflow of packets and also deciding the size of the FIFO, also what should be the size of the buffer if there is a leak in the system.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What should be the size of the buffer in a FIFO receiving data packets at a certain rate?