i'm in the process for a mid-level SWE role on NVIDIA's developer platform team (the stuff around CUDA tooling and developer experience, not the silicon side). my onsite is in about 3 weeks.
would really appreciate if people who've done recent NVIDIA loops could share: what format was your onsite? virtual or in-person? how coding-heavy vs system design-heavy was it? did behavioral come up and if so what themes? anything that surprised you?
anything from the last 6-12 months is super useful since the process seems to have shifted with the headcount ramp.
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staff_steph
did their SW platform loop 4 months ago. virtual onsite, 5 sessions. coding was 2 separate rounds. system design was one round, fairly open-ended: they gave me a scenario about designing a monitoring system for distributed GPU workloads and mostly let me drive. behavioral was embedded in the HM round and came up organically. the surprise: they're very interested in how you communicate technical decisions to non-engineers. mentioned it multiple times.
backend_bekah
my onsite was in-person in Santa Clara about 7 months ago. 6 rounds, full day. coding and system design were the heaviest. one round was a walkthrough of a past project in detail, which felt less structured but was probably where they were actually evaluating judgment. budget about 6-7 hours if you go in person.
visa_vik
going through their process now actually, i'll report back once i'm done. recruiter said they sponsor H1B transfers which was a big reason i applied. anyone know their typical timeline from onsite to offer?
staff_steph
mine was 10 days onsite to verbal offer, another week to written. pretty fast by big tech standards. but i've heard from others it's taken 3+ weeks when the role needs more headcount approval. depends on the team's budget situation.