A quick 30 minute phone interview with some behavioral questions about working in a team, followed by a 45 minute technical interview. The technical round had no coding questions, only went into my resume. Focus on communication.
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What was a time you had to work closely with the stakeholder/client?
15 minute phone screen and then a technical and behavioral interview with a hiring manager. The echnical questions were mostly resume related. Only one algorithmic programming question was asked, and it was relatively basic.
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Question 1
Do you know what a linked list is? How can you reverse a linked list?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Viasat (Hyderābād) in Oct 2025
Interview
Online assessment followed by a 2 round interview. They validated my resume and my projects . And also my computer network skills along with my operating system skills and also java skills.
Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Viasat with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Viasat overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Viasat as a Software Engineer Intern according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 35%
One on one interview: 24%
Drug test: 12%
Presentation: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Background check: 6%
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