I applied online. I interviewed at NVIDIA in Apr 2020
No offer
Neutral experience
Difficult interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA) in Jun 2012
Interview
The HR sent me an email to schedule a 45-min phone interview first. The interview was postponed for about one month as the HM went out on business. The interviewer first introduced their product to test. I was asked a lot of DSP problems, which I didn't prepare for. No follow up after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For a 1GHz bandwidth oscilloscope, what will happen if you use it to monitor a 1GHZ square wave. If the Vpp of the square wave is 1V, what's the Vpp of the waveform shown on screen.
The interview was pretty standard - explanation of interest in the company/the specific position, explanation of certain parts of resume, etc. and then segued into more technical questions regarding programming and computer systems, as well as some general problem solving questions. Overall my interviewer made it easy to feel comfortable while being interviewed, but of course your mileage may vary. Was called back for a second round interview, but was then notified within 24 hours that they had already selected somebody for the position, which isn't exactly a great reflection on coordination between HR and hiring managers as well as with HR itself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain how devices may communicate across SPI or I2C
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Taipei) in Nov 2019
Interview
Phone interview: mostly technical questions (switching circuits and logic design, oscilloscope operation)
One week after the phone interview is the onsite interview
Onsite interview: 6 rounds 1 to 1 interview (6 interviewers are the members of the team which I applied)
Four of them asked more technical questions, including switching circuit and logic design, especially time sequence, basic coding, basic algorithms, oscilloscope. Even some of the questions have been asked in the phone interview, since the interviewers are different people. 2 of the interviewers asked more behavioral questions, including the biggest struggle in your life and career plan. The interviewers are nice and I didn't feel stress during the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to operate the oscilloscope?
Clocked Sequential Circuits
I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at NVIDIA
Interview
Contacted via my university, two basic phone interviews with members of the team. Each interview about an hour long, covers transistor related questions and basic operation of an oscilloscope
