SAIC·Software Engineer

SAIC Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

McLean, VAPosted Feb 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a longer, multi-round process for a Software Engineer role that felt uneven—some interviews were relaxed, others seemed misaligned or unprofessional.

Recruiter screen + initial interviews — phone screen after applying, then in a later window I was brought in for interviews in a casual setting.
Deeper/late-stage interviews — another round a few weeks later, including a VP-style conversation that spent most of the time talking and asked very few questions.
Culture/tech fit confrontation (one-off harsh experience) — in a separate similar timeline, an interviewer arrived late, debated my answers, and didn’t ask anything aligned with the job description.
Relaxed HR/structured protocol (contrasting experience) — another

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