I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at General Atomics (San Diego, CA) in Mar 2019
Interview
First called by a recruiter for a screening interview. Then a coordinator set up an itinerary for an in-person interview. After the interview, it took a week for the recruiter to call me back with the team's decision.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you interested to work for General Atomics?
Describe a time you solved an engineering problem for a project?
Describe a time there was a change to a project and how did you handle it?
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I applied online. I interviewed at General Atomics in Feb 2026
Interview
me interviewing against 5 Mechanical Engineers within the mq-9B sky guardian Department, They overviewed my resume and made me talk them through my experience and overall background within engineering and related subject matter. The Engineers were cool no one but me had their camera on.
It was a standard interview process for an internship. First a screening and then an interview with an engineering manager within the team. It was not too difficult or technically challenging.
Over zoom, asked me to describe my background and interests, went through my resume together. Nothing about it was intimidating and the interviewers were all friendly. Very open to my questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself. What doesn’t show up on your resume.