Viasat·Software Engineer

Viasat Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

San Diego, CAPosted Jan 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a recruiter at an event—career fair energy—and moved into an on-campus interview very quickly.

The whole feeling was relaxed, and the interviewer made it seem natural rather than adversarial. The questions I saw blended behavioral prompts with puzzle-solving and data-structure style discussion, and it never felt like I was being railroaded into coding-only tasks.

After the interview, I went through a period of waiting while they kept me “in consideration.” That delay wasn’t mysterious in a dramatic way, just slow enough that I checked in on status. Eventually communication turned into an offer shortly after, and the timeline across recruiter and interview steps felt like it was on the

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