I applied online. I interviewed at General Atomics
Interview
Phone interview (1st round). HR was very nice. She asked basic questions over my resume. She also asked me about my background. The phone screening only took around 10 minutes. I asked her what a normal day in this job was like. She was very helpful in describing it. The next step is a video teleconference interview, which I am waiting on.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at General Atomics (San Diego, CA) in Nov 2014
Interview
I had applied initially online, but did not hear anything back. I then found out who the recruiter was through LinkedIn and sent an "InMail". Shortly thereafter I got a call to schedule an in-person interview. After a brief meeting with the recruiter, I met with a panel of three including the department manager and two team members. Interview questions were mostly job-related, some behavioral, i.e., tell us about a time when....
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at General Atomics (San Diego, CA) in Feb 2015
Interview
The interview process is pretty straightforward. I only had one phone interview which was both technical and behavioral. The manager I spoke to was friendly and seemed pretty laid back and was actively trying to keep the interview professional and yet seem like a conversation at the same time. A few days later, HR reached out to me and said that they'd like to continue the process which involved me sending in 5 references and them doing a background check on me. After everything checked out, they said they'd extend an offer to me sometime in the middle of March and my offer would be contingent on my GPA and a drug test.