Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory·Software Engineer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Hard

Positive

Posted Feb 2010 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed with two different groups, with about three to four people from each group.

Each person spoke with me for roughly 30 minutes, so the day had a real rhythm to it—multiple separate conversations, each one with a mix of technical and personality questions.

What made it difficult was the combined intensity of switching groups and keeping track of what each set of interviewers cared about. Even though the content included both technical and interpersonal elements, the overall structure didn’t feel like a single continuous interview; it felt like several mini-evaluations working in parallel.

Getting to an offer took time. It took about a month and a half, which I learned

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