General Dynamics Mission Systems Systems Engineer interview experience

The first interview was with the hiring manager, and that same day I moved into a panel-style discussion that included the hiring manager plus a peer. It felt fairly structured, like they were trying to both confirm fit and sanity-check my technical direction without dragging things out.

The questions leaned toward my background and how I’d work with others, but I didn’t get a sense of a highly technical gauntlet in the way some roles can. Overall, it was a straightforward interview journey with the video format doing most of the heavy lifting for clarity and pacing. I didn’t end up getting