Nutanix·Software Engineer

Nutanix Software Engineer interview experience

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San Jose, CAPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview journey started with a recruiter screening, then a hiring manager discussion, and after that I went through multiple technical rounds.

Those technical conversations were heavily tied to practical engineering: distributed storage systems, Linux internals, troubleshooting, Python automation, designing tests, and thinking through scalability.

The questions didn’t stay abstract for long. I remember being pushed with scenario-based prompts—things like how I’d debug issues in a storage cluster or how I’d structure automated test frameworks. We also discussed concrete topics like Ceph, file systems, performance bottlenecks, and how engineering decisions land when you’re working across teams.

The overall feel was thorough but

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