Nutanix·Software Engineer

Nutanix Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Mar 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process moved through a set sequence: HR interview, then a take-home assignment, followed by an assignment review discussion, and then multiple technical interviews.

It also included a manager/director-style interview that was described as pretty casual, more of a conversation than a grilling.

The technical interviews focused on lower-level and systems-adjacent topics, and I remember the range vividly: they pulled in C and Rust concepts, concurrency, and Linux kernel topics. The take-home part was the toughest piece of the timeline, and once I had it done, the review interview felt like they wanted me to defend the decisions and show how I was thinking rather than just restate what I submitted.

Scheduling and communication were smooth, and HR kept the

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