I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Bengaluru) in Apr 2022
Interview
I contacted HR of the company for available opportunities and HR was kind enough to call me the very next day and discussed about my work preferences and job requirements. Forwarded my profile to correct team and within a day scheduled my interview with one of the team. Had to go through 1 technical screening round followed by 3 rounds of technical interviews on a single day, two weeks later. It took a week or so more for the HR rep to come up with a offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were very conceptual and not easy at all.
I applied online. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Bengaluru) in Sep 2021
Interview
4 rounds focusing on different aspects. Interviewers were more focused on basics rather then asking hands on expertise. Asking an engineer with 5+ years experience to draw CMOS circuits seems irrelevant. 3 Hours continuous interview process is well time consuming.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw CMOS circuit of some gates.
Write script to identify missing random number.
I applied online. I interviewed at NVIDIA (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2017
Interview
There were two screening level on phone.Each Interview lasts for 45 min.
Asked a few questions about my projects on my resume and some questions on basics engineering .Glassdoor feedback was helpful
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw Cmos inverter.What would happen if we swap Pmos and Nmos.What if Nmos is connected to VDD.
Questions regarding .lib,LEF, Antenna file content .
How do we define rectilinear polygon in LEF..
Multicycle Path calculation for setup and hold .
Draw 4 Input NAND Gate using 2 -Input NAND Gate
what is index table defined in .lib file.
How do we define antenna rules in techfile
What are all challenges faced in your recent project.
Questions were more from your resume.
Any scripting which is hard for you.
Tell us more about colored flow.
Senior Physical Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at NVIDIA with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Physical Design Engineer roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Senior Physical Design Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Background check: 14%
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