NVIDIA Software Engineer interview experience

They said it would be a quick chat, but it turned into a pretty intense grilling session. They asked me to introduce myself, then they drilled into what I’d done and achieved as a computer science student.

What stood out was the direction of the questions—they were mostly interested in my knowledge in the low-level and hardware realm. It felt difficult because it wasn’t broad “tell me your story” type questioning; it was focused on specific areas where I either had depth or I didn’t.

I didn’t get an offer. Afterward, I felt the mismatch was mainly about how specific the hardware/low-level