I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at NVIDIA in Oct 2010
Interview
technical interview, lasted about 45 minutes
asked basic questions about inverters, cmos, bjt, mosfet
lady was kind and patient; gave me plenty of time and did not rush me for answers
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA) in Mar 2011
Interview
You will get 2 or 3 phone interviews for one position. Those who performs good will be invited to on-site.
The phone interview is not difficult, something like basic exam questions.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Draw a two-put NAND gate and size it, assuming the ratio of PMOS/NMOS is 2 in inverter. Then suppose two input are A and B for NMOS and PMOS. A is close to output and B is close to ground, input A change from 0 to 1 at t=t1, input B change from 0 to 1 at t =t1 (t1 > t0). Describe how the output change. Then input B changes from 0 to 1 first then input A changes from 0 to 1. Describe how the output changes. Are there any differences between these two scenarios?
You are give two flip-flops and there's an combination logic in between, the two flip-flops are driven by the same clock. You are provided with parameters of T_reg, T_logicmax, T_logicmin, T_setup, T_hold, etc. How to determine the cycle time and hold time of this circuits.