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      Software Engineer Interview

      May 31, 2011
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman in Aug 2010

      Interview

      I was emailed for an interview a few months after I had submitted an application online. I interviewed with the manager I would be working for and another high level employee. Both were very friendly and made me feel comfortable. They didn't ask too many technical questions, just asked what platforms I was comfortable with. They do a lot of research on the interviewee before they schedule an interview, so in my case it was more of a personality interview. Loved working with the company ever since.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Describe your experience working with .Net
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      Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Northrop Grumman

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 6, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Northrop Grumman

      Interview

      They contacted me for an in person interview and then asked me leet code style questions. After the interview I heard back from a recruiter who set up another phone call with me

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Describe a project you worked on
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 3, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Boulder, CO
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (Boulder, CO) in Jun 2026

      Interview

      Very poorly conducted and rushed interview process. The team seemed to contradict themselves in their perception of the duties required for the job, in addition to their perception of my experience and qualifications. One senior member of the team seemed to have not read my resume at all in advance for the interview, only reading it during the interview, and then sarcastically and condescendingly asked why it seemed like I had "nothing on the resume that seems applicable to the position". At that point, the interview went from conversational to interrogational, and additional members of the team continued to condescend and ask questions irrelevant to my experience that were apparently relevant to the job description, that had been left out of the official job requisition. Overall, it was a complete mismatch in expectations due, in my perspective, to poor communication and organization amongst the team at Northrop Grumman, and ended up being a complete waste of time for me. I would not recommend working with this team and am not interested in interviewing for further positions at Northrop Grumman.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is your experience with software development?
      Answer question
      1

      Software Engineer Interview

      May 8, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Huntsville Park, AL
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (Huntsville Park, AL)

      Interview

      Technical questions and behavioral questions (STAR formatting) with the normal what draws you to work for us. Microsoft Teams meeting with a panel to review answers. Took roughly 1 hour and it was a very straightforward and easily made process.

      Jobs at Northrop Grumman

      694 jobs in United States
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      San Diego, CA
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      Software Engineer
      Palmdale, CA
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      Software Engineer
      El Segundo, CA
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      $92K - $138K /yr
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      Engineer Software
      Rolling Meadows, IL
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      $88K - $131K /yr
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      Staff DevOps Engineer
      Aurora, CO
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      Northrop Grumman interviews FAQs

      • Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Northrop Grumman with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 68% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 224 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Northrop Grumman overall takes an average of 32 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Northrop Grumman as a Software Engineer according to 224 Glassdoor interviews include:

        One on one interview:  17%

        Group panel interview:  17%

        Phone interview:  17%

        Skills test:  13%

        Background check:  11%

        Drug test:  9%

        Personality test:  6%

        Presentation:  6%

        IQ intelligence test:  3%

        Other:  2%

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

        1. Software Engineer(703) ;
        2. Systems Engineer(618) ;
        3. Engineer(284) ;
        4. Mechanical Engineer(223) ;
        5. Intern(165) ;
        6. Program Manager(150) ;
        7. Associate Software Engineer(149) ;
        8. Project Manager(129) ;
        9. Principal Systems Engineer(122) ;
        10. Manufacturing Engineer(117) ;
        11. Principal Software Engineer(104) ;
        12. Associate Systems Engineer(93) ;
        13. Manager(93) ;
        14. College Technical Intern(90) ;
        15. Senior Software Engineer(87) .


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