I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at NVIDIA in Sep 2022
Interview
I had four interviews total, including screening, coding, system design interviews, and a conversation with a staff engineer. The interviewing process was smooth and pretty much straightforward. Yet, after sharing a reference declaration form, I was ghosted. Later attempts to reach the HR manager gave me little to no clarity regarding the status of the application. Every answer claimed the application "is in progress." It seems they're stockpiling candidates unless they find the suitable one, and then they don't even care about canceling the unfit applications.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A few low-level C questions followed by an application design exercise. Describe the most challenging bug you've faced in your career.
They asked to talk about some projects I worked on and then also asked two leetcode questions. I answered both questions correctly, although the second one I answered more slowly and the code was not organized but the solution was correct.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked to talk about some projects I worked on and then also asked two leetcode questions.
Initial interview
First a brief self-introduction of the team
Then they asked me to tell about a project I did
Then they asked me if I had 5000 applications at the same time, how would I deal with it
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a project you built at work.
If it had 5000 concurrent requests, how would you make sure you didn't lose requests?
60 minute technical interview as the first stage instead of a regular screening. Very effective, interviewer was quite professional. Would totally recommend applying, had it as my first big-tech interview