Systems Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at NVIDIA with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems Software Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 65 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 Systems Software Engineer according to 65 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 20%
Background check: 6%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 2%
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Had 2 phone interviews after being contacted by a recruiter. The first interview was with the hiring manager and it went well. It was technical with a mix of OS/ data structures knowledge and a reasonable coding problem. The second interview was with an engineering team member. Within the first few seconds I knew it would not go well because he had a VERY thick accent and was extremely difficult to understand over the phone. The interview focused mostly on debugging strategies/scenarios and some OS-related questions. It was an incredibly awkward interview as I had to ask him to repeat almost every one of his questions, sometimes multiple times and a couple of his questions I had to ultimately guess what he meant. Really strange that Nvidia allowed this to happen.
Was asked to write code for a given question. Interviewer disagreed to my solution for a question on doubly linked list [which was correct way of doing it), and never listened.
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Question 1
Whats the difference between concurrency and parallelism?
It was a very good interview experience. They asked a lot about my technical skills, including concepts related to my field, problem-solving ability, and past projects. They also focused on my communication skills, teamwork experience, and how I handle challenges in real-world scenarios.
I applied online. I interviewed at NVIDIA in Apr 2026
Interview
It was a really nice experience overall. The interviewer was very friendly, encouraging, and easy to talk to, which helped me feel comfortable and made the whole conversation more positive and productive.