Systems Sales Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Nutanix with 3 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 82.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems Sales Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Nutanix overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Nutanix as a Systems Sales Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 14%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Nutanix in Jun 2025
Interview
Recruiter screening interview followed by 3 additional interviews including a technical interview. Full process only took 2-3 weeks. The interview prep email they send is great and has tons of info.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mix of sales and tech questions. One would be to technically describe a product you know.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Nutanix (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2020
Interview
The interview process was extensive and consisted of interview panels. They each ask you questions in your background and technical experience which is normal. They want you to have some knowledge about their products and use cases which I was prepared for. They also make you take a 40 question system engineer exam which has a 45 min time limit. Some questions are general, but a lot are based on VMware and the Nutanix product. After all the interviews and exam I still have no idea how I performed. I reached out to the recruiter twice for an update, but they ghosted me. I ended up taking an offer elsewhere.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you familiar with virtualization and containerization?