So many rounds. Phone screening, coding assessment, behavioral with the team, then another cultural fit interview and then a final with a senior manager. The technical part had questions about Lockheeds defense programs oddly specific. We talked about how I'd build a dashboard to track system performance metrics
Questions Asked
1.“Explain what consistent hashing is and when it's used.”
Software Engineer
Summer 2025Accepted
University of North Carolina · Computer Science
2nd year · 3.7+ GPA · 1 past internship
Resume ReviewFast process
Just one round with HR, and it was a fairly basic resume review. Just talking through some skills and experiences. Not very in depth
Systems Engineer
Atlanta, GA
Fall 2025Declined Offer
Georgia Tech · Aerospace Engineering
3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship
Easy Interview
BehavioralMultiple roundsVirtualSlow process
Interview itself was easy, nothing highly technical. One behavioral with a recruiter and one with a manager, basically who are you. Background check and clearance paperwork after offer added weeks though
Questions Asked
1.“What is memory-mapped I/O”
2.“Describe a time you had to reverse-engineer undocumented hardware to make progress”
Mechanical Engineer
Philadelphia, PA
Summer 2025No Offer
Penn State University · Mechanical Engineering
2nd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 0 past internships
Easy Interview
BehavioralSlow processVirtual
One 45 min interview all STAR behavioral, risk on a project and balancing school with extracurriculars and no technical at all which surprised me
Questions Asked
1.“How do you select a material for a load-bearing mechanical component?”