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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jan 25, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Poway, CA

      Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for General Atomics

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 13, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at General Atomics (Poway, CA)

      Interview

      Depending on the team, it may not be worth continuing if the process moves to an onsite interview. The flow is virtual interview followed by an onsite panel. Some panel members come across as rude and overly critical, particularly if you don’t answer certain trivia-style questions how they want. The scrutiny often feels disproportionate to the importance of the details being discussed. I don't think this was them giving me a hard time just to see how I can handle it, this may simply reflect their true personality. Other panelists are on their phones or laptops and made their decision before the interview even began. There is another description on Glassdoor which mirrors my experience.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Explain object oriented programming in detail
      Answer question

      Application

      I interviewed at General Atomics

      Interview

      Initial phone call with HR. Second interview was with one engineer. This interview consisted of reviewing my experience as well as technical questions. Third interview was panel style with a coding assessment provided to me prior to the interview. They asked to explain my code and how I would modify it given various scenarios.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      General docker and k8s questions. Time complexity of various data structures.
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 8, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Poway, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at General Atomics (Poway, CA)

      Interview

      Initial 30 minute phone screening. Second interview was an hour going over my previous work experience and technical questions that consisted of OOP fundamentals, pointers & references, mutex locks, TCP vs UDP, virtual funcitons

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you troubleshoot HW & SW network communication?
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      May 11, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Poway, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at General Atomics (Poway, CA)

      Interview

      Straight forward - 30 minutes phone screen with behavioral and technical questions on C++. Followed by 5 hour in-person or virtual interview which included both technical and behavioral questions. Each hour was a different interview with different people.