What I’m sharing this time is NVIDIAAfter the social recruitment interview, the overall experience can give a clear conclusion: it is very friendly to non-algorithm backgrounds, and it pays more attention to the matching between engineering experience and position. If your background is a master's degree in engineering, chip or related engineering, and your past experience is highly relevant to the JD description, the fault tolerance rate and matching degree of this type of position are much higher than that of pure algorithm positions. NVIDIA's internal teams are very different, and the interview focus will be different for different business lines and project directions. The following content is completely based on my personal actual experience and is for reference only. You must make your judgment based on your own background.
Background information
I have a master's degree in engineering and graduated from a university in the east of the United States. After graduation, I worked in a chip-related company for a period of time. My daily work content highly overlaps with the technology stack and job responsibilities mentioned in the JD of the testing position. This is also an important prerequisite for the entire interview process to be relatively smooth. I would also like to mention here by the way: From the actual experience, NVIDIA does not have the term "study qualifications". What is more important is whether you have actually done relevant work and whether you can clearly explain your experience.
Resume and delivery status
NVIDIA's process requires the preparation of resumes in Chinese and English. It is recommended to merge them directly into one document to avoid switching versions back and forth. Contact information must be clearly marked on the resume, especially the email address. The entire process from written examination, interview arrangement to follow-up communication will be conducted through email.
In my case, HR took the initiative to contact me through the recruitment software. It only took about three days from communication to arrangement, and the overall progress was very fast. If it is delivered normally through the official website, the process is relatively slow, but the advantage is that there will be clear feedback at every step, and there will be no confusion.
Interview process and experience
One side: written test + technical side (about 1 hour each)
On the one hand, the written test and interview are conducted together. There are two questions in the written test, which mainly examine the basic use of Shell and Python, such as grep, awk, file processing and other practical-scenario operations. They are not algorithm or data structure questions. The overall difficulty is medium, more like real problems encountered in daily work.
The way to answer the questions is to remotely connect to the development machine through Mobaxterm, and the system environment is Linux. Notably, the pre-interview email will clearly indicate that commands and usage can be searched, which is very friendly to students who are not familiar with certain shell details. Also, the title is described in English. It will be safer to adapt to the English technical description in advance.
After the written test, you will go directly to the interview. The interviewer will first ask you to explain the solution to the problem just now, and then ask in-depth questions about relevant technical points based on the content of your resume, such as Shell, Python, C++, etc. The overall questions are very consistent with the job requirements, and there are no off-topic or deliberately difficult situations.
Side 2: Deep dive into the project (about 1 hour)
After the first interview is approved, HR will usually contact you within a few days to arrange the second interview. If the waiting time is a little longer, you can also take the initiative to inquire about the progress by phone or email.
The core of the second interview almost all revolves around past projects, and the interviewer will constantly ask for details, including the specific parts of the project that were responsible for, what methods were used, what results were ultimately achieved, whether manpower or time costs were saved, as well as shortcomings and possible improvement directions in the project. There is no standard answer in this round. The key lies in whether you really understand what you have done and whether you can speak it logically and clearly.
Three sides: Final side (about 3 hours)
The final interview is an offline interview. The overall duration is longer, about three hours, and is divided into three parts. The interviewers are different from those in the first two rounds.
The first part is a technical interview that continues to focus on the core skills of the position. The focus is to determine whether your technical background matches the needs of the team. The second paragraph is responsible for the future direct leader, and focuses more on project implementation capabilities and your role in the actual project. The third paragraph is the leadership aspect, with relatively comprehensive questions, such as why you chose NVIDIA, reasons for leaving, understanding of the testing position, whether there are other opportunities currently, and what value you can bring to the team.
The overall atmosphere is rational and professional, more like a two-way confirmation than a unilateral screening.
Written at the end: A little addition about this interview
I actually didn’t do this interview alone. I hesitated during the preparation process, but in the end I chose to find Programhelp. Interview assistance , the reason is simple - I don’t want to waste precious interview opportunities on trial and error and detours.
The entire process was followed one-on-one by a human teacher with a North American CS background, who was very familiar with the real interview rhythm and the interviewer's questioning methods. During the interview, if my ideas were a little off or I got stuck when asked by follow-up, I would be given some directional reminders in time to help me clarify the problem instead of thinking on the spot. The overall performance was much more stable than I expected, and I finally received the offer quickly.
