MITRE·Systems Engineer

MITRE Systems Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Mar 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My initial contact with MITRE felt highly organized, with clear instructions on where to go, who to meet, and when everything would happen.

The process itself was a little awkward at first because the organization didn’t appear to have a single precise job match lined up for me; it was more like they were assessing whether I was broadly capable and versatile. I ended up with a panel format where I spoke with two to five people, sometimes including my eventual manager.

The questioning didn’t really feel like a narrow technical interrogation. It was centered more on what kind of work I wanted to focus on and how I thought about the kinds of problems I’d be tackling. I also got a strong sense of the office environment and work

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