I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at General Atomics (San Diego, CA) in Aug 2019
Interview
I had heard that General Atomics can be notoriously slow in their hiring process and I have seen some evidence to support this, but once you are able to engage with one of their talent coordinators, I feel they do an excellent job of getting your resume in front of hiring managers for positions which you may have an interest in and potentially a few others as well. Speaking to on of their talent coordinators, they actually shared that the demand on them is very high across the entire organization and as such, have a large work load per consultant. This I suspect adds to the relative slowness that I have heard others attest to and that I may have witnessed myself.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me how you handle working with an associate with whom you don't get along with personally.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at General Atomics in Oct 2025
Interview
Applied on LinkedIn. Got a random email that I had an interview scheduled in 2 days, no recruiter reached out to me for a screening or discuss any prep. Easily the worst interviewers I’ve ever had, asking ridiculous 5-part questions, had zero enthusiasm and I was completely turned off in the first 5 minutes of speaking with the two interviewers. I had already accepted a much higher level position with a better company in the same space, but I took the interview out of courtesy and because you never know what can happen. I should have just declined the interview, would have saved me a headache. This interview completely changed my perspective on the company.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at General Atomics in Jan 2024
Interview
Phone Screener to gain insight to past experience, salary expectations, and comfort with expected job requirements. Reviewed resume, location, education and experience to determine compatibility in addition to a basic understanding of benefits and company expectations for travel, teamwork etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How comfortable are you with correcting other stakeholders?
I applied online. I interviewed at General Atomics (San Diego, CA)
Interview
30 min Phone screen with recruiter. Then 30 min phone call with hiring manager. Final round was in person with a few rounds. Final round probably took 2-3 hours and met with vp amd a few directors. They gave me a verbal offer then took it away
