I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Iridium Satellite (Chandler, AZ) in Feb 2025
Interview
Was contacted by a recruiter that worked directly for Iridium. This recruiter said my resume was fantastic and I looked like a perfect fit, it was the highest level of flattery.
After talking about my experience I was invited to the next interview. This was an interview with the Hiring Manager, some engineers and the lead. The interview went fantastic literally nothing wrong. The day after the interview I contacted the recruiter and told them I enjoyed the interview and asked when I would hear next.
I was told I would hear within a week. The recruiter never got back to me. I emailed multiple times and finally got a response about 1 month after the interview with a "the hiring manager is not interested."
Perhaps I was too pushy with the recruiter and it deterred them, but I doubt it. I sent a total of 3 emails, once every Monday asking for an update. I was told I would hear a response by a certain day and did not.
The same week I was finally told about my rejection, another recruiter from a staffing company reached out to me. I again was flattered, then they told me they were working as a 3rd party recruiter for a company called "Iridium" I explained the situation to that recruiter and they were disappointed. Im not sure why I was not selected, I indicated to the recruiters I was not strict on the TC because it was a techstack I was not familiar with.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In linux command line how do you move a file? How do you output the results of a command to a text file?
3 rounds with a phone interview with a recruiter, an interview with the hiring manager and a technical round. Technical round was a pair programming session that included coding with an API
I applied online. I interviewed at Iridium Satellite
Interview
Want to have a recruiter waste hours of your time and then ghost you? Then apply here. I applied here and within a few days was invited to a phone screen. However before the phone screen I was told I should complete a personality assessment and an "cognitive" test. This is the only company of the 5-6 I've interviewed for that made me take those kinds of quizzes. They're not easy and you will not get to see your results. So after taking 1-2 hours to take a practice test and the actual tests, and an hour on the phone, I never even got a "we've decided to pursue other candidates" email. This was the least respectful of all the space companies I've interviewed with. If you're on the fence over whether it's worth applying here- dont.
Software Engineer I applicants have rated the interview process at Iridium Satellite with 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer I roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Iridium Satellite overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Iridium Satellite as a Software Engineer I according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
Group panel interview: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Skills test: 14%
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