Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at NVIDIA with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 258 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at NVIDIA overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at NVIDIA as a Software Engineer according to 258 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 18%
Group panel interview: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Bengaluru) in Mar 2017
Interview
There was a written test which consisted of quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning, OS and Programming.
After that there were 2 Tech rounds followed by managerial and HR Rounds.
Using quant and LR for judging people with 3 years experience isn't that fair. People who have done training for CAT or GMAT have a clear advantage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly data structures, Java Internals, Multhi Threading
Multiple steps, intro, team meet. Two coding sessions. Hard coding interview. Leet code style. Nice people. Took long time to schedule next. Felt that I was appreciated. Remote, people different parts over world.
I applied online. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Haifa) in Jun 2026
Interview
Online assessment consisting of 3 data structures and algorithms questions. First question an easy array question. Second was a hard heap question and the third was a medium 2D dynamic programming question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DP problem: You are given several service options. For each option i, bandwidth[i] is the amount of bandwidth required, and request[i] is the number of requests that can be handled using that bandwidth.
Given a maximum bandwidth limit totalBandwidth, choose a subset of the options so that the total bandwidth used does not exceed totalBandwidth, while the total number of handled requests is as large as possible.
Return the maximum number of requests that can be handled.
I applied online. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2026
Interview
I only made it to the screening round, which involves two technical rounds, I was interviewed by a director and a senior engineer. I could not answer the questions, but the interviewers were very professional and patient throughout the whole process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between a const pointer int vs a pointer const int?