I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at General Atomics (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2022
Interview
Interview #1) interview with recruiter about role, salary expectations, etc
Interview #2) interview with project director and discuss the specific role (no technical questions)
Interview #3) technical interview with 5-6 Sr engineers on the project, grilling you on knowledge of OSPF, BGP, Switching, specifics of how ARP works, specifics of how max address tables work
Interview #4) on-site technical interview. You have 3 separate laptops connected to a router, a l2 switch, and an l3 switch. You are expected to find the “fault” for 6 rounds as the program director hurries you out of the room while he breaks the configuration (deleting a vlan, placing an interface in the wrong vlan, adding a secondary ip address on a laptop). I got 5/6 correct and received an offer which I declined.
The interview was laid back with a general overview of the position, resume, and background questions, and asked about projects worked on. After the initial discussion, there were general C++ and python questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a project you worked on that you are proud of
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at General Atomics
Interview
Standard process but it took a few months between phone screen to offer HR wouldn't negotiate I need fifteen more words so please ignore the rest of this review as it is just a place filler for the rest of the requirement