NVIDIA interview experience(rejection)

Company: NVIDIA
Role: Deep Learning Software Engineer – Inference
Round: First (Technical Phone Screen) with hiring manager

Interview Experience:
Started off with a deep dive into my CUDA experience — what I’ve worked on, specific kernels, optimizations, and any challenges I tackled. This led to a series of follow-ups around model serving and my work with inference engines like vLLM.

They also asked:

  • What were your exact contributions to the projects mentioned?
  • What technical skills do you want to pick up next?

DSA Question:

  • Serialize and Deserialize a Binary Tree
    (Focus was on clean code and optimal time/space complexity)

Overall:
It was a mix of system-level understanding, project ownership, and one solid DSA question. Felt fair and relevant to the role.

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