US Navy Software Engineer interview experience

What surprised me was how deep the technical questioning went; even after I thought I’d covered the basics, the interviewers kept pushing into more detailed technical territory and wanted solid confidence rather than vague familiarity.

I ended up with interviews that split across rooms and people. I remember spending around an hour with a supervisor who asked a lot of questions, then moving to another space for about half an hour talking with another employee about the job and the environment from their perspective. That second conversation shifted from “can you do the technical work?” to