The Aerospace Corporation Systems Engineer interview experience

The conversations centered on my background and what I’d accomplished—basically making sure I really knew my biggest achievements rather than giving them vague summaries. The tone felt like the interviewers genuinely wanted to talk through my work instead of just running a script.

Even when technical questions showed up, they weren’t framed as a gotcha. Most of what I felt was trying to happen was to understand how I’d worked and how I think about problems, especially with the context that I was on the earlier side of my career. The interview ended up feeling comfortable and not overly