General Atomics Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Nov 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a shorter, friendlier GA interview flow where the questions leaned on resume basics and general SWE concepts, with little emphasis on live coding.

Recruiter screen / phone intro — a conversation about my background and the role, plus some resume or language questions.
Hiring manager / technical phone — mostly straightforward CS topics (like OOP fundamentals and OS/data-structure basics) and behavioral prompts about how I handle situations.
Onsite (often panel) — interviews largely driven by my resume and experience, with personality/ambition questions; no trick questions or heavy assessments in this group.
Facility context (optional) — in a few cases I also toured or got brief context about how the team

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