Rocket Lab Cloud Engineer interview experience

Even though I arrived with real enthusiasm, the interview shifted away from the role and into questions that felt like trivia—pulled in from other disciplines and other roles, including panelists who joined remotely. Instead of a cohesive evaluation of my software engineering fit, it became a kind of cross-functional Q&A where the questions didn’t feel relevant to the job description.

The environment also added to the discomfort. There were personal questions that went beyond professional background, including immigration-related timelines, and it didn’t feel like the interview was assessing