General Atomics Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

San Diego, CAPosted Dec 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a more adversarial and challenging interview journey for the software engineer role, with multiple rounds that felt either rude or extremely demanding—especially around technical questioning.

Recruiter / setup (varies) — initial scheduling and early contact.
Panel coding round (LeetCode-style) — a panel of multiple interviewers where questions varied in difficulty; the tone felt harsh and unhelpful.
Technical multi-person session — additional coding or solution walkthroughs where the prompt was hard to parse and clarification was limited.
On-the-spot coding in front of others — one interview felt particularly rude and unhelpful if I didn’t know the answer immediately.
Belittling/interruption experiences — in one tough loop, I wasn’t given

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