I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Lockheed Martin (Orlando, FL) in Apr 2015
Interview
Lockheed Martin came to my school and basically told everyone to apply online. I put in an online application and had a phone call a few weeks later asking me some basic questions (when do I graduate, where would I want to work, etc). A few weeks later they sent me an email on Thursday asking if I could come to their Orlando office on Friday. Since it was very short notice and I had other school/work obligations, I asked to reschedule. They offered another date a few weeks out which I accepted.
Interview Day
Lockheed gave me a hotel and rental car to get to their office. Everything was smooth and I had no issues with that. The morning security instructions were a bit vague and took some time getting a security badge for the day. The interview day began with about 20 or so applicants being brought in. We were given some breakfast foods (donuts and pastries) and coffee / juice. We were then brought into a large room with a projector where two employees discussed what benefits we would get and perks Lockheed offers. After that, we just remained in the room and waited for interviewers to call us out. I only had 2 interviews but some people had as many as 4. After the interviews we were given lunch and a tour of the facility. There were some really cool projects going on and some fun simulators we got to try out. After that, they just sent us home.
Overall smooth and easy interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviews were more of just a chat. They were relatively short, maybe 20-30 minutes each. They were more interested in seeing that you were passionate and capable over asking technical questions. We discussed things on my resume briefly and potential areas I could fit in the company.
I was asked: "What's the difference between passing a reference and passing a pointer?"
I applied online. I interviewed at Lockheed Martin in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview was very conversational. Two technical leaders were asking about my experience, some situational behavioral questions, and some technical object oriented programing questions. Use the Star method for responses.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the pillars of object oriented programming.
Received a prescreening email, asking questions pertaining to the position, I responded to the questions. A few weeks later, received another email tell me I was no longer under consideration.
Phone call, interview, offer. Interview was very easy questions about how you would approach different situations but nothing too specific needed or challenging. As long as you are somewhat prepared with examples of difficult situations you'll be fine.
Software Engineer Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Lockheed Martin with 2.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 85% positive. To compare, the company-average is 76.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Associate roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 112 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Lockheed Martin overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Lockheed Martin as a Software Engineer Associate according to 112 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Drug test: 12%
Phone interview: 11%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 0%
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