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      Software Developer I Interview

      Nov 1, 2010
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Poway, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at General Atomics (Poway, CA) in Sep 2010

      Interview

      Starts out with a phone interview from a senior member of the team you are interviewing for. Next if you pass the phone interview there is a meeting with a tech recruiter, followed immediately by a meeting with two people from the team. During this meeting they give you a tour of the facility followed by a programing test.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      During the phone interview they ask about c concepts, such as static, Hex, and bitwise operations.
      Answer question

      Other Software Developer I Interview Reviews for General Atomics

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 16, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at General Atomics in Jul 2026

      Interview

      After initial phone screening expect 2 rounds 3 hours total including behavioral and technical questions and understand basic cs concepts and object oriented programming along side a couple brain teasers. Overall smooth process.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Difference between TCP and UDP
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 13, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at General Atomics

      Interview

      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.
      Answer question
      1

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 8, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Poway, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at General Atomics (Poway, CA)

      Interview

      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?
      Answer question

      General Atomics interviews FAQs

      • Software Developer I applicants have rated the interview process at General Atomics with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 45% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Developer I roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 89 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at General Atomics overall takes an average of 32 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at General Atomics as a Software Developer I according to 89 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  28%

        Group panel interview:  20%

        Skills test:  18%

        One on one interview:  11%

        Presentation:  7%

        Drug test:  7%

        Background check:  6%

        Personality test:  2%

        IQ intelligence test:  1%

        Other:  0%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Engineer(74) ;
        2. Project Manager(56) ;
        3. Software Developer(45) ;
        4. Software Engineer(43) ;
        5. Mechanical Engineer(35) ;
        6. Project Engineer(34) ;
        7. Intern(32) ;
        8. Technician(24) ;
        9. Avionics Technician(22) ;
        10. Financial Analyst(21) ;
        11. Program Manager(20) ;
        12. Manufacturing Engineer(17) ;
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        14. Engineering Intern(15) ;
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