Senior ASIC Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at NVIDIA with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior ASIC Design Engineer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at NVIDIA overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at NVIDIA as a Senior ASIC Design Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Skills test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
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I applied online. I interviewed at NVIDIA (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
It was screening round. whole interview was based on single Digital Design question. He was not helping me much, when I was not able to solve, I told him about my thinking and then he helped but overall very poor. I was not prepared for it
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
generate a output pulse which is high for one clk pulse and low for N clk pulse. N is 2^n-1. n is input from user
The intervew process consisted of 2 tech screens followed by a panel. Interview questions were standard design problems, with Verilog coding ability and problem solving both targeted. Interviewers looked more at thought process than specific syntax.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Create a module that implements a vending machine.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA) in Dec 2018
Interview
I had a phone call by a senior member of the group, 2 weeks after, get an on-site interview invitation by the hiring manager. On-site starts at 10 am, ends at around 5 pm. Totally 6 round of 1:1, including VP and manager. Most questions are technical, few are behavioral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Timing closure. How noise(cross-talk) affect setup/hold? How metal dimension affect timing?