General Dynamics Mission Systems Systems Engineer interview experience

I was invited to a facility with other candidates, so I expected a long day full of different people. It turned out to be roughly a four-hour panel interview where about five people asked me questions.

Most of the questions repeated and came from a similar place each time—there were a lot of resume-focused prompts and generally easy-going behavioral-style questions, with very little that felt truly technical. I remember realizing I wasn’t walking into coding or deep engineering problems; instead, it was more about being consistent, explaining my background clearly, and keeping the