NVIDIA·Software Engineer

NVIDIA Software Engineer interview experience

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

I went through a stage that leaned heavily on C basics, along with a take-home style assessment that was paired with a preparation video interview.

What surprised me was that it seemed closer to their real working material than generic practice problems, since the assessment appeared to include code they were actually working on. They also prepared some LeetCode-style foundational questions.

The difficulty felt high because the process wasn’t only about knowing theory—it was about being able to work through code in a way that translated to their environment. Even though the interviewer(s) were part of the process, the main challenge came from the combination of C fundamentals and the feel that the questions weren’t purely “standard

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