NVIDIA·Software Engineer

NVIDIA Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

Santa Clara, CAPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through two phone screen rounds where the focus was heavy on RTL and verification.

They asked about my past projects along with topics like RTL design and verification, and the questions leaned into Verilog and Python.

The experience was pretty hard in practice: getting the logic right was challenging, and it took real effort to keep track of what needed to be corrected. I appreciated that the interviewers would help if I got stuck, but the difficulty was still high.

I didn’t get an offer. My reflection was that I learned where my gaps were under pressure—because even with help, the logic and verification expectations required much tighter correctness than I initially

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