It was a great interview experience overall. I was referred by an employee. There were questions mostly on Scientific Computing and my resume projects, which were both technically challenging and very insightful
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What does it mean for an algorithm to be numerically unstable?
What are the trade-offs between using FP32, FP16, and BF16 precision when training large-scale models on NVIDIA GPUs?When dealing with massive datasets, how do you decide between using sparse matrix representations versus dense ones, and how does this affect memory bandwidth?
I applied online. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA) in Nov 2025
Interview
Had one technical interview with the engineer whose team I would be joining. I did not advance, unsure if there was a second round or only one. The interviewer was nice, and helped me out when I was unsure of a question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me about some MOS device characteristics, some IV graph questions, and then details about a SRAM array on my resume.
I applied online. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA)
Interview
The first interview was conducted via video call with a Solutions Architect Director. The discussion focused on understanding my background. The interviewer frequently asked follow-up and clarifying questions based on my responses.