It was great to interview at NVIDIA. The interviewers are professional, and the questions asked were insightful and deeply probing. The entire experience was positive, with a clear emphasis on understanding my technical skills and problem-solving abilities. The team demonstrated a genuine interest in my background and how I could contribute to their projects. Overall, I felt that the process was thorough and respectful, reflecting NVIDIA's commitment to finding the right fit for their innovative environment. Everything is good, and I'm excited about the possibility of joining such a forward-thinking company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what's difference between decoder and encoder only LLM?
I applied online. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA) in Dec 2025
Interview
HR Screening followed by Hiring Manager Interview and then multiple technical rounds. The technical rounds included basic ML questions, culture ML debugging, research presentation, distributed training and more. This was followed by a culture interview which was also pretty technical.
Remote. Good conversation. Talked l lot about research directions and general research process. No coding. 3 in total. No feedback from previous one. Need to have a lot of papers or internship experience.
Asked to introduce myself and my recent projects.
Asked questions while explaining.
What was annoying and discouraging was that the interviewer was busy throughout the whole interview and seemed not interested. He was clicking, typing, and watching other monitors. Felt like not being respected.
