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Updated May 24, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Posted May 24, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Syracuse, NY (took a day)
the interview process was pretty easy as there was only one technical question asked. there were 3, 45 minute interviews that consisted mainly of behavioral questions
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Posted Mar 21, 2012 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Fort Worth, TX (took a day)
Received a call from recruiter asking if I'm interested in flying out for an on-site interview. Booked the flight for 2 weeks later.
The interview was only 1 hour long and held in a room full of large cubicles, which was somewhat distracting as I could hear other candidates interviewing. I sat down with a senior manager from the software team and someone from HR. The manager brought a binder with diagrams and flowcharts that describe her team and what they do. She presented this information for roughly 40 minutes. Then the HR rep spent 10 minutes asking me about some background information, such as my security clearance. I was then given less than 10 minutes to try to sell myself and explain why I'd be a good fit. There was no time left to ask questions and the interview ended after exactly 1 hour.
Over 2 months went by with no feedback. Then I received a call from someone in HR telling me there's a problem with the desired salary I listed in my original application. It didn't seem unreasonable to me, and I confirmed that is the range I'm looking to make but I'm open to negotiation. He demanded repeatedly to know my "current salary, as of right now, today." I politely refused, since I am under no obligation to disclose this information. He then said I could either tell him or he will find out in a background investigation. I told him that my current employer doesn't reveal our salaries, and if this is how his company treats potential employees then it is definitely not a good fit for me. He e-mailed me immediately after, saying that my experience and expectations are clearly not right for this position, but good luck with my job search.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Posted Feb 13, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Grand Prairie, TX (took 1 week)
I got a call one early morning from a recruiter telling me about a software engineering position for their MFC unit, asked if I would be interested in flying out to Texas for some in person interviews. I said yes, though I found it odd that they would fly me out to Texas without even giving me a preliminary phone interview. I flew out to Texas the following week on Monday and spent the day researching the company and going over some interview questions. I should mention Lockheed paid for travel, hotel, and car rental. The interview was set for Tuesday morning. I drove to their facility and met with an HR manager/or something. She took me to a meeting room with one other candidate and gave us a quick presentation on the company and business unit. The other candidate was an internal candidate so I knew right away I was at a disadvantage.
The interview themselves were not that hard at all. I met with two engineering managers who gave me the same presentation the HR person gave me 10 minutes ago. No questions yet...I then met with project managers for two different teams. The first manager started about introducing her project and then went to ask me basic behavioral questions (Tell me about a time, Describe a time, etc). Very easy. The second manager was more informal. He told me about the project and then just looked over my resume. Asked me a few questions (mainly behavioral) and then we just pretty much chatted for the remainder of the time.
After interviewing with the project managers, I met back with one of those engineering managers, he asked me two questions (I know one of them was: How do you handle deadlines). I ended the interview by going back to the HR person where she asked me a few questions on salary, previous employment, and willingness to relocate.
I can tell after these interviews that Lockheed Martin doesn't not care much of your technical skills (not saying that they are not important), they would teach you what you need to know. They are more concerned with how you would react to certain situations and how well you would fit and work in a team.
They said they would give me a call in a week with their decision, but after two weeks I have not heard anything. It was a great experience, but I definitely don't want to live in Texas so whether they call me or not, I don't want the job.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Posted Dec 7, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took a day)
Resume accepted at carrer fair- got call to set up initial phone interview and then didn't hear for a few weeks and got another call on time and date of phone interview. Overall it was an easy process just a bit worrying between calls. Playing the waiting game.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Posted Nov 12, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 2 days)
After applying online, I got a call from one of the Software Engineering Managers. He asked me a couple of questions (education, project and work experience), and then said he would like to fly me up to San Jose for an onsite interview. I told him what day I was available, and he set up 4 back-to-back interviews for that date. Each of the interviews were 30 minutes long (everyone went over - there is so much to talk about and ask!). The people there were very accommodating - asked if I needed water or anything else. Very nice people.
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Given classes Employee and Manager. Manager inherits from Employee. If you initialize two Employees, and set the second one to a new Manager, and print the ID, will the print statement come from Employee or Manager class function/method.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Posted Aug 13, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Phoenix, AZ (took a day)
The person who I spoke with just asked very general questions about my experience with different types of technology. He never asked me anything specific. Topics ranged: Java (Eclipse, Netbeans Swing), C++ OpenGL 3D, jQuery, Ajax, Json, XML, LInq to XML, Service Oriented Architecture(C#). But after that, he was supposed to call me back in a week, but I never head back from him.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Posted Jul 19, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Alexandria, VA (took 1+ week)
The interview process was fairly standard. Quick phone interview where we discussed my resume, followed by a panel interview and then 1:1 interviews for one half of a day. I truly believe that it is difficult to get an understanding of an organization in so few days. I really did not feel that I understood the organization well enough to accept an offer.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Posted Aug 16, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Denver, CO (took 6 weeks)
I heard about the job through their career website, which I've been checking for quite some time. I have a substantial family history at Lockheed, and have been applying for jobs for well over a year without any feedback whatsoever. According to a manager at Lockheed, they essentially throw away all applications with employee referrals to avoid any appearance of favoritism in hiring. This, the manager said, was why I had never been contacted previously - everything was submitted as a referral. I applied for this position at first with an employee referral, but was quickly told to remove any mention of that if I wanted the job. After pulling the referral information out, I was contacted very quickly for an interview.
Because the position is in Denver, and my current job is in North Carolina, the logistics of the interview were difficult. I had burned all my vacation time for the year already, and I couldn't get away, so we did a detailed phone interview instead. I spoke with the tech lead on the project I'd be working with as well as the senior project manager, and the interview was pleasant and fairly easy. A couple of days after the interview I was told informally that I was going to get an offer, and that it was all over but the paperwork.
H.R.'s handling of the process after the interview sucked. They lost my application at first, and asked me to reapply. I did so, and they said I should hear something in a week. After two weeks, I called them up, and my application had been sitting in someone's to-do box without getting processed, so they told me they would get right on it. I called them back a week later, and was told my application was in "compensation" and I'd hear back any day. Compensation needed information that wasn't on the application (the specific dates of my graduation from college and grad school), so that took another week. All in all, it took over a month for H.R. to handle the paperwork after I was told about the recommendation to hire. That was the hard part - the interview was easy.
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According to my HR contact as well as my future manager, compensation is handled by an internal group who are intentionally isolated from applicants. Initial salaries are determined by a formula, and the only way an offer can change is to change the parameters (years of experience, etc) which are input. The calculation wound up a little lower than I had hoped, but the offer was still substantially more than my current salary and I didn't feel the need to press the issue.
I was able to speak with my future manager about being slightly disappointed with the offer, and he said I would be included in this year's merit increases which take effect in October. He also agreed that I met the qualifications for the next higher role, and that he would recommend me for promotion this year. He said that he didn't have the authority to change the job posting and hire me at that level now, and given the bureaucracy I had been wandering around in, I didn't see that as a good option.
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The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Drug Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Posted Aug 12, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Melbourne (Australia) (took a day)
There are two in the panel interview and they ask lots of questions and behavior questions based a prepared paper. I remember there are about 20 questions.
Some like Java and JEE difference, next career goal, conflict handle, etc.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Posted Jun 25, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 in Montreal, QC (Canada) (took a day)
They asked me to come in for an interview. I met with three people, one from management, one developper and one team lead. They told me about the comapny, asked what I knew. Then we went into the skills testing from UML to code with some tricky questions. Then I was explained the lifestyle and how things would be.
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There was no negotiation at all. They refused to negotiate
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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