I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at General Atomics (San Diego, CA) in Aug 2018
Interview
~5 Back to back interviews in the same room, with no break. Everyone was friendly, but I felt like I wasn't being asked many things that I prepared for (was doing a lot of coding questions on leetcode to prepare for coding interviews). A lot of the times I felt like they were just talking at me and did not get an adequate sense of things that I was experienced in or what I wanted to get out of a job at GA
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me mostly about things that were on my resume, what part of the team I'd be most interested in working on, a couple c++ concept/coding questions that were pretty straightforward that test your knowledge of pointers, differences between c/c++
Thanks for your feedback. Every interview is a little different. Sometimes we have a clearer sense of what we need to see from certain candidates versus others. We definitely appreciate the time you spent with us.
Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for General Atomics
Initial phone call with HR. Second interview was with one engineer. This interview consisted of reviewing my experience as well as technical questions. Third interview was panel style with a coding assessment provided to me prior to the interview. They asked to explain my code and how I would modify it given various scenarios.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General docker and k8s questions.
Time complexity of various data structures.
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.
