Viasat·Software Engineer

Viasat Software Engineer interview experience

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Carlsbad, CAPosted Dec 2020 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied and heard back quickly—less than a month after submitting, with the recruiter moving fast.

My first conversation was a phone call focused on behavioral and resume topics, including why I applied and what coding languages I felt most comfortable with. The next step was another interview that felt intentionally low-pressure: it mostly reviewed my resume and stayed behavioral rather than digging into hard technical material.

Even though the process felt easy overall, I still got pulled into a technical discussion at the next stage. That technical conversation wasn’t structured like a typical coding interview; instead, I talked through my past projects and experiences in a way that

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