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Updated 4 Oct 2024

Nutanix Staff Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Sep 2024.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Data structures, dynamic programming, string interleaved
  • Q2. Data structures, Longest palindromic substring
  • Q3. Data structures, simulate Write-Back Cache using two python dictionaries with dirty bit implementation and LRU flushing technique on cache full.
  • Ans. 

    Simulate Write-Back Cache using two python dictionaries with dirty bit and LRU flushing technique.

    • Create two dictionaries, one for cache data and one for dirty bit tracking.

    • Implement LRU flushing technique to remove least recently used data when cache is full.

    • Set dirty bit to mark data that has been modified and needs to be written back to main memory.

    • Update dirty bit when data is modified and track which data needs to...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Some random questions on system concepts such as SAN/NAS storage, File system, Caching, NFS, SMB
  • Q2. Some random questions on virtualization technologies e.g.VMware Esxi, vmotion, HA, vsan etc
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. System design, Logging server and log searching application.
  • Q2. System Design, storage monitoring and reporting dashboard using any cloud provider AWS, GCP or Azure.
Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. CI/CD Pipeline, Kubernetes, Dockers related questions.
  • Q2. Git commands, Got scenarios and branching strategies.
Round 5 - Analytical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Few questions to evaluate analytical skills from given report and statistical historical data. A descriptive problem statement in detail.
Round 6 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioral questions

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jan 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Projects on which candidate worked and elaborate?
  • Q2. Knowledge on skills you mentioned in resume?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - - Projects are main thing focused in interview
- Check for in demand skills in Enterprise and prepare for that
- Resume should have skills updated which you can explain properly in interview
- Google questions asked in interview
- Check company profile before appearing for interview
- Explain your answer to the point asked by interviewer, not too lengthy or in short.

I was interviewed before Jun 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Duration: 1 hour

Round: Group Discussion
Duration: 10 hours

Skills: Java Programming

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 50

Round: Group Discussion
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes

College Name: GITAM University, Visakhapatnam

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: The aptitude test was not that harder. focus was mainly on number systems. personally, i don't suggest that you need to go through R.S.Agrawal. IndiaBix is more than enough...but practice number systems as much as you can. A candidate with basic knowledge of all topics can easily crack this round.out of around 450 students, 257

College Name: Walchand College Of Engineering, Sangli
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic oops, C#, asp.net
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. OOPS, C#, ASP.NEt, SQL, multi layer
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Project related, day to day work

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Regarding data structures

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Study about data structures in depth
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Linux booting process
  • Ans. 

    Linux booting process involves several stages from power on to user login.

    • BIOS/UEFI firmware initializes hardware

    • Bootloader (GRUB) loads kernel into memory

    • Kernel initializes system processes and mounts root filesystem

    • Init process starts user space processes and services

    • User login prompt is displayed

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. DHCP process

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Intercompany process in Oracle Projects
  • Ans. 

    Intercompany process in Oracle Projects involves transactions between different legal entities within the same organization.

    • Intercompany process facilitates financial transactions between different legal entities within the organization.

    • It ensures accurate recording of revenue, costs, and profits for each legal entity involved.

    • Intercompany transactions are typically managed through intercompany billing and intercompany...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How rates are setup in Oracle Projects
  • Ans. 

    Rates in Oracle Projects are setup using rate schedules and rate matrices.

    • Rate schedules define the rates for different resources or roles in a project

    • Rate matrices define the rates based on different criteria such as project type, organization, or location

    • Rates can be setup for different time periods, such as hourly, daily, or monthly

    • Rates can also be setup for different cost types, such as labor, material, or equipme...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Manager Interview
Experience: Manager Interviewed about the process I have experienced in my previous projects and asked few process oriented questions

Round: Program Director Interview
Experience: Interviewed about my goals and aspirations and about expected CTC and how much am I willing to join Oracle and what made me choose Oracle

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Spring, Arraylist and linked list , problem solving
  • Q2. Find a word in 2 d matrix , palindrome or not
  • Ans. 

    A program to find a palindrome word in a 2D matrix of strings.

    • Iterate through each row and column of the matrix

    • Check if each string is a palindrome using two pointers approach

    • Return the first palindrome word found

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just relax and try to solve the problem given. Problem will be easy one it should not require more than 10 lines of code... if it requiresore than that it means your solution u r thinking can be improved

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Nutanix Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Nutanix Staff Engineer interview?
Nutanix interview process usually has 6 rounds. The most common rounds in the Nutanix interview process are Technical and HR.
How to prepare for Nutanix Staff Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Nutanix. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Nutanix expect are Python, Computer science, C++, GCP and Linux.
What are the top questions asked in Nutanix Staff Engineer interview?

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  1. Data structures, simulate Write-Back Cache using two python dictionaries with d...read more
  2. System Design, storage monitoring and reporting dashboard using any cloud provi...read more
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