I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at General Atomics (Poway, CA) in May 2025
Interview
Multiple choice question segment that you'd need to complete first before going into the coding interview in C. Then there's a whiteboarding segment with a few of the team members. Total interview time was three hours.
Initial 30 minute phone screening. Second interview was an hour going over my previous work experience and technical questions that consisted of OOP fundamentals, pointers & references, mutex locks, TCP vs UDP, virtual funcitons
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you troubleshoot HW & SW network communication?
Straight forward - 30 minutes phone screen with behavioral and technical questions on C++.
Followed by 5 hour in-person or virtual interview which included both technical and behavioral questions. Each hour was a different interview with different people.
A 30 minute microsoft teams meeting with questions regarding basic C++/C knowledge, resume review, and generic behavioral questions. Delved specifically into how I work in a team environment, personal strengths and weaknesses, and how to address difficult conversations.