NNaval Nuclear Laboratory·Software Engineer

Naval Nuclear Laboratory Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

Albany, NYPosted Dec 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I was contacted by a software engineering manager who reached out after seeing my application.

We chatted briefly about my education and project history, and the tone felt optimistic by the end of the call.

He asked me to email my resume and transcript, saying he’d get back to me in a day or two. The next day, he called again and said he couldn’t justify hiring me because my GPA was below a certain threshold. Even though he said he was impressed by my experience and skills, the decision was effectively based on grades. I explained that grades weren’t a perfect signal—test-heavy grading can hurt the overall GPA—and that I had strong marks on programming-related labs, projects, and

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