Viasat·Software Engineer

Viasat Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Carlsbad, CAPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a quick recruiter screen—short enough that it felt like it was mainly to orient me and see how I’d present myself.

After that, I moved into a technical interview that was tightly tied to my resume. Instead of jumping straight into lots of abstract problem-solving, the interviewer walked through what I had listed and asked follow-ups meant to check that I really understood the work behind the bullet points.

The technical round was followed by an interview that still leaned on explanation and problem reasoning more than heavy coding. I had at least one algorithmic question that was described as easy to medium, and when I solved it, there was a twist that extended the same idea. There were also a few

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