I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Nutanix in May 2024
Interview
In detail questions related to team. A lot on questions related to DR for Sql server (team role requirements). 4 Rounds of interviews. 2 technical + DSA , 1 - design round ( easy not in depth ), 1- Hiring Manager round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The Team is related to DR for SQL Server. All four rounds are concentrated on SQL Server and DSA related questions.
Observer design pattern - How do you design a meeting notification for all users of a meeting.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Nutanix (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2024
Interview
I was contacted by HR who quickly gave me the details about the job and sent my resume to the team. They were excited to interview me. In total, I had 5 technical interviews.
Round 1: basic Linux skills, including tools to check performance and solve problems. The HR team got back to me the next day to plan for the next steps. Since I was close to getting an offer from another company, they arranged the next 4 interviews on the same day, one after another. 2 interviewers were from the US and 2 from India.
Round 2: Linked List questions 3, Easy to Medium. Few questions on work exp. A bit about what I've worked on before, and a friendly chat about virtualization to see if I understood it well.
Round 3 - Hiring Manager: In depth discussion of work experience, design decisions explained alot about team and checked alignment in terms of technology.
Round 4- OS, Virtualisation and Distributed Systems: The interviewer was very strict and went through every single bullet point on my resume, asking detailed questions about DNS,System, kernel, OS, Multithreading, multiprocessing. Even though I was confident in my answers,they didn't seem to believe my answers, even though I was confident and checked my answers after the interview. This interviewer was quite direct and seemed to want to prove me wrong, which I had read about before in other reviews about interviews with Indian interviewers at Nutanix.
Round 5- Programming/ Troubleshooting: focusing on coding problems and questions about operating systems, virtualization, and networks. This round ended a bit sooner than I expected.
I want to give a big shout out to HR – they were among the best I've interacted with. Despite the mixed experiences with the interviews, the HR team's efficiency and helpfulness stood out.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Linux, OS, virtualisation, Computer Networks, System Design both HLD and LLD, troubleshooting Linux. Multithreading, system calls and Kernel. What happens with the OS when you start your system(answer along the lines of boot loader,etc)