MITRE·Software Engineer

MITRE Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Hard

Positive

Posted Apr 2011 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I came in through a referral that quickly turned into interviews with the hiring manager.

After some coordination, I did have to prepare a short presentation as part of the process, about twenty minutes, and it helped because it gave everyone something concrete to discuss instead of having to start from scratch.

After the presentation, the rest of the day consisted of a series of one-on-one conversations—six or seven separate meetings—so I spent a lot of time talking through my experience and getting my background across multiple perspectives. Another path I went through had the on-site framed more around them outlining what I’d be doing and asking very few questions, but the

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