I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Lockheed Martin in Dec 2015
Interview
Applied to a job advertised for graduating college students. Contacted back by HR 3 days later to schedule a phone interview directly with the hiring manager. The automated email they sent confirming my interview was unclear as to who was supposed to initiate the call, and I falsely assumed that they would call me. I waited 15 minutes past the scheduled interview time before I tried to call in, and got no answer. I contacted HR and they scheduled another interview the next morning.
I then called in to the hiring manager, who was very nice and understanding about the confusion the day before. It was a very casual conversation where he talked a lot about the position and we went over my experience and interests. No direct interview-style questions were asked at all, not even STAR questions. Just basic "Tell me about this thing on your resume" type questions. It almost seemed like with the language that he was using that based on my resume and cover letter they had already decided to give me an offer, and were just making sure I wasn't weird and could talk.
The next day my HR contact called me and gave me an offer (with no onsite interview at all). I would say judging by this interview that potentially the resume and the cover letter hold more weight with LM than the interview itself.
This was for a position that requires a Top Secret clearance. Currently 1 month later and I just did my drug test and am going through the background check and security clearance process, which requires you to fill out, sign, and scan a ton of forms.
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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