NASA·Software Engineer

NASA Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Mar 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied through a referral and quickly got pulled into a two-part interview.

The first half was a phone call where I was asked about my resume and to walk through my projects. That conversation felt like they were trying to understand what I’d actually done and what parts of it I could explain clearly.

The second half turned technical in a hands-on way. I coded on collaborative tools, so instead of a whiteboard-style exercise, it was more like working through tasks in the environment they expected you to use. The overall experience didn’t feel like tricks or gotchas—it felt like testing whether I could translate my experience into real work.

I ended up getting an

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