Nutanix MTS 2 Interview Experience
June 4, 2026 · 1 reads
Summary
I interviewed for an MTS 2 position at Nutanix. I faced a DSA round with a custom array transformation problem and a book allocation problem, followed by an LLD round, and was ultimately rejected.
Full Experience
Round 1 DSA
- You are given two integer arrays, a of length n and b of length n + 1. transform array a -> b with minimum operations. You can perform the following operations on elements in array a: Increment by 1: Increase element in array a by 1. Decrement by 1: Decrease element in array a by 1. Copy an element from array a to the end of the array a: transformation should happen for respective index i.e a[i] should get transformed to b[i] For example:
Input 1: a = [1] b = [2, 3] Output: 3
Input 2: a = [3, 3, 3] b = [3, 3, 3, 3] Output: 1
Input 3: a = [5,2,1,4,6] b = [4,1,5,4,6,7] output : 8
There was an edge case where I got stucked and wasn't able to find that and took a lot of time and despite interviewer warning, I did not able to get the case.
- Book Allocation: I messed up the solution which I knew of.
Round 2 LLD + HLD
- Design Leetcode Was asked to cover the functional requirements thorugh a diagram. [Tried to cover submissions and contest leaderboard] And main focus was on how database entites would interact with it, not on the HLD aspect.
Verdict: Rejected
Interview Questions (1)
1.
Transform array a to b with minimum operations
Data Structures & Algorithms
You are given two integer arrays, a of length n and b of length n + 1. Transform array a into b using the minimum number of operations. Allowed operations on elements in array a:
- Increment by 1: increase an element by 1.
- Decrement by 1: decrease an element by 1.
- Copy an element from array
ato the end of arraya. The transformation must happen for each index, i.e.,a[i]should becomeb[i].
Examples:
Input 1: a = [1] b = [2, 3] Output: 3
Input 2: a = [3, 3, 3] b = [3, 3, 3, 3] Output: 1
Input 3: a = [5,2,1,4,6] b = [4,1,5,4,6,7] Output: 8