Us Government Jobs Software Engineer interview experience

I had a phone screen where the questions were technical, and there wasn’t much ceremony around it. After that, I moved into a more conversation-style set of discussions with technical people and then a management interview, where the focus shifted toward what I could bring and what I’d be like operating in the organization.

In the management portion, it felt less like a final exam and more like an opportunity to make an impression—something about letting management see the broader picture of my capabilities beyond the narrow role description. The technical conversations themselves were about