I applied online. I interviewed at General Atomics (San Diego, CA)
Interview
Phone interview. Then was asked to onsite interview where you're described the job benefits by HR and then taken to an engineer who tests your coding ability for one half and then the code will be discussed with other engineers as well as your experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q. Tell us about your projects (explain in depth, will ask how you implemented certain things).
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.
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?
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%
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