Company details

Santa Clara, CA

HEADCOUNT

10000+

ORG TYPE

Corporate

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.nvidia.com

About the company

NVIDIA designs GPUs and full-stack accelerated computing platforms used in gaming, professional visualisation, AI, and data centres. NVIDIA also builds networking and systems products for large-scale computing, plus software platforms such as CUDA and AI libraries that developers use to train and run models. NVIDIA sells to cloud providers, enterprises, researchers, and OEM partners, alongside a large consumer gaming ecosystem. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and operates globally.

Locations and presence

NVIDIA’s corporate headquarters is in Santa Clara, California, and NVIDIA operates across dozens of countries (38 countries reported for fiscal year 2025). NVIDIA reports a “flexible work environment” with work-from-home under certain conditions, with day-to-day expectations varying by team and role.

Palpable Score

76.6

/ 100

NVIDIA is a strong early-career option because NVIDIA runs a clear set of student and new-grad pathways, and NVIDIA positions internships as the main pipeline into early-career hiring. The main friction point is hiring consistency: NVIDIA publishes an applicant-facing process, but public interview reports still include ghosting and uneven closure. Pay and intern experience signals are strong, while long-run early-career outcomes are not published as metrics candidates can easily compare.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

17.7

/ 20

The company runs year-round internships with a stated minimum duration of 12 weeks, positioned as a primary entry route for students across degree levels.

NVIDIA offers a structured early-talent ladder that includes Ignite (a 12-week summer pre-internship for freshmen and sophomores) and a New College Graduate program for early-career full-time roles.

The company also advertises distinct early-talent tracks for MBA and PhD candidates, which broadens entry-level access beyond software engineering interns.

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Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

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13.0

/ 20

The company states that most candidates receive a decision within weeks from the first interview and explains a typical structure (phone interviews, then virtual or in-person interviews; interns typically phone interviews only).

NVIDIA offers an “Insider Chat” during the final interview as an optional culture conversation with a Community Resource Group member that does not influence hiring decisions.

The company has multiple public interview reports describing being ghosted after interviews or after take-home work, which undercuts fairness for candidates who invest significant time.

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Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

16.3

/ 20

The company frames internships as real employment with real project ownership and side-by-side work with senior technical staff, rather than shadowing-only placements.

NVIDIA describes intern support as a mix of skill-building events and culture immersion, designed to help interns connect with peers and learn new skills during the placement.

The company links early-career support to ongoing development benefits (including tuition reimbursement and continuous learning and development programs referenced for the New College Graduate pathway).

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

15.3

/ 20

The company’s early-career and new-college-grad job ads often include base pay ranges in the posting, which is unusually useful for first-job negotiation and planning.

NVIDIA provides interns access to tangible financial benefits such as paid holidays and “Free Days,” plus an employee stock purchase plan at a discount.

The company’s pay transparency is not uniform across all locations and listing channels, so some candidates still end up relying on third-party pay submissions to sanity-check offers.

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Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

14.3

/ 20

The company positions internships as the primary pipeline into new-college-grad and early-in-career hiring, which is a concrete “intern-to-early-career” outcome pathway.

NVIDIA has strong intern satisfaction signals on major review platforms, with intern role ratings notably above typical industry baselines and above NVIDIA’s already-high overall sentiment.

The company appears on external “best internships” rankings tied to pay and intern review factors, but NVIDIA does not publish conversion rates, early-career retention, or time-to-promotion benchmarks for graduate cohorts.

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Useful links & resources

NVIDIA University Recruiting and Early-Talent Programs NVIDIA How We Hire NVIDIA Benefits for Interns

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About the company

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Pillar 1: Early-career access

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Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

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Pillar 3: Learning and support

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Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

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