Nvidia
Hardware and AI software leader powering the global generative AI revolution.
4 Rounds
~25 Days
Very Hard
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Interview Question Bank
Data Engineer
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Coding
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hard
Write a SQL query to find the top 3 consecutive days where GPU utilization exceeded 90% across our data centers.
#Window Functions
#CTEs
#Gaps and Islands
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to calculate the rolling 7-day average of daily active users (DAU) accessing our cloud gaming platform (GeForce NOW), optimized for a massive dataset.
#Window Functions
#Aggregations
#Performance
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to calculate the 7-day rolling average of GPU utilization percentage for each cluster in our data center.
#Window Functions
#Time Series
#Aggregations
Data Engineer
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Coding
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hard
Write a SQL query to identify 'sessions' of user activity on the Nvidia Developer portal. A new session starts if there is a gap of more than 30 minutes between actions.
#Gaps and Islands
#Window Functions
#Date/Time Functions
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to find the top 3 longest-running AI training jobs in each department, including ties.
#Window Functions
#Ranking
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to calculate the cumulative sum of terabytes processed per day by a specific pipeline, but the sum must reset to zero at the beginning of each month.
#Window Functions
#Aggregations
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to find all pipelines that have failed on three or more consecutive days.
#Window Functions
#Self Joins
#Advanced SQL
Data Engineer
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Coding
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hard
Write a SQL query to calculate the 30-day retention rate of developers using the Nvidia Developer portal. Retention is defined as a user logging in on day 0 and also logging in on day 30.
#Cohort Analysis
#Self Joins
#Date Math
Data Scientist
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to find the top 3 best-selling GPU models per geographic region. You are given a 'sales' table and a 'products' table.
#SQL
#Window Functions
#Joins
#Aggregations
Data Scientist
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Coding
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hard
Given a table of user login sessions to Nvidia Omniverse, write a SQL query to calculate the maximum number of consecutive days each user logged in.
#Advanced SQL
#Gaps and Islands
#Window Functions
Data Scientist
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query using window functions to find the top 3 most utilized GPUs per data center region over the last 30 days.
#Window Functions
#Aggregations
#Data Analysis
Data Scientist
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Coding
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hard
Given a table of user sessions on GeForce NOW, write a SQL query to calculate the 1-day, 3-day, and 7-day session retention rates for new users.
#Self Joins
#Date Functions
#Cohort Analysis
Data Scientist
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Coding
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hard
Write a SQL query to identify anomalous spikes in server error logs where the daily error rate exceeds 3 standard deviations from the 7-day moving average.
#Window Functions
#Statistical SQL
#Anomaly Detection
Product Manager
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to find the top 3 customers by revenue who have purchased both hardware (e.g., DGX) and software licenses (e.g., AI Enterprise) in the last 12 months.
#Data Analysis
#SQL
#Joins
#Aggregations
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