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Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2009 (took a day)

There were a group of 5 developers performing the interview. They asked me on my previous job experience. Asked about my OO experience background and how well I know Java and what my experience was with java. There was no coding examples required.

Interview Questions

Describe your role and responsibilities of your last job.

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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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Very Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Jul 2010 in Huntsville, AL (took 1 week)

After applying for two software engineering jobs with the company via their website, an SAIC recruiter called me to see if I'd be interested in interviewing for a position. He read me a lot of information with a lot of acronyms related to the position. He handed me off to someone in HR who sent me a few electronic documents to complete. I looked up the position the recruiter called me about, and it was not one of the positions for which I'd applied, so I'm figuring they're hurting for people to fill a new need.

I went to the interview, a group interview, and there were something like 12 to 15 of us in a large conference room with refreshments--snacks, drinks. The facility is quite nice, but the work would be performed at a customer's site, and they warned me during my interview that it was crowded.

Half of us were sent into a second room to interview with other SAIC employees. I interviewed at a table with two SAIC developers currently on the project for which I was interviewing. The room had about 6 or 7 such tables. They seemed nice and told me about the position. Then we went back into the conference room and were briefed by HR and talked amongst ourselves while the second half of the candidates went for their interviews.

Interview Questions

Why would you want to work on this project?

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Reason for Declining

The benefits are rather poor, frankly. The salary offering was decent, but there is little way to have much work-life balance given that all of your sick time comes out of your vacation pot, which is insufficient for someone with several years' experience. Also, the recruiter seemed a little too enthusiastic when he called to follow up, and my interview itself was almost too easy. All smiles and no tough questions. There's some kind of desperation going on there.