I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at General Atomics (Rancho Bernardo, CA)
Interview
Received a screen call from one of the lead engineers in the group and answered very basic questions. I was brought in about 2 weeks after the initial screen. I was first interviewed by an HR recruiter who asked very basic questions about my career goals. From there, we went to an interview room where I was administered a written exam and given 45 minutes to complete it. Questions involved identification of basic discrete components, op-amp formulas, digital components, and power systems concepts. Some questions were very easy, some were difficult. After that, i was interviewed (non-technical) by a lead engineer from the TE group for about 15 minutes. Waited an hour, then was interviewed by a manager from the field engineering group. He opened up some schematics for a flight board and pointed out various circuit components (mostly op-amp based) and asked me to identify them. This lasted about 15 minutes. Waited another hour, and my final interview (non-technical) came from the manager of the group. The entire interview process lasted from 8am to 1pm. They gave a tour of the facilities following the interview. Received an offer 2-3 weeks later, and accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Identify various Op-Amp based circuits on a schematic.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at General Atomics (Poway, CA) in Dec 2024
Interview
They flew me out to San Diego for the interview, which was nice (graduating college soon). Interview was with my potential supervisor and 4 senior engineers. They were friendly but grilled me with questions. Some of them would hammer down when they could tell I was struggling with something. They gave me a tour of the offices which was cool.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A lot of questions about specifics of my resume and tested how strong my relevant experience is.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at General Atomics
Interview
Inital HR phone interview. Received a phone call with a formal invite for on site interview. Before the interview I had to submit 5 professional references to answer an online survey. The interview consisted of a 30 min HR interview, a 30 min with Senior Engineer, 30 min with a panel of 4 Managers and a final 30 minute interview with the Project Manager. The Interview consisted of a lot of questioning but mostly your typical HR related questions such as - Goals in 1, 5 years, Preferred Work environment, Discuss a difficult time in job and how you dealt with it, What you can bring to the company, favorite hobby, What you like about the position/company, just to name a few. I was told I would hear feedback within 1-2 weeks. After 3 weeks I contacted them to get an update that they were still in the interviewing process and I would be informed one way or another. 2 months later the position was removed from the site and I didn't hear from them.
