General Dynamics Mission Systems Software Engineer interview experience

After that call, I was invited in for a real interview. The in-person process had three distinct parts that made it feel structured: I described a recent project first, then I answered questions that were noticeably a bit harder, and finally I demonstrated their main software.

It was the combination that stood out—talking through my work, then moving into direct Q&A, and ending with an interactive segment where I had to show capability rather than just discuss it. I felt like the phone screen was a warm-up, but the in-person format is where they really tightened the focus.

The difficulty