NASA Software Engineer interview experience

The conversation had an odd, judgmental tone, including a question that basically questioned whether I was “jobless,” which didn’t match how I’d framed my situation after leaving prior work.

The interviewer also asked things that felt disconnected from the role, like whether I could wait two to three months for a background check, and they emphasized compensation expectations as if they were impossible to meet. It also seemed like the screening was being handled by a different company that said it represented NASA, and the overall attitude made it hard not to feel like the hiring process