Peraton Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Peraton.
Peraton
Software Engineer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call
Interview formats
Behavioral
You start by submitting an application on the Peraton careers site or through a recruiter. Then, recruiters will look at your resume to see if you have the right technical skills, experience, and any required security clearance. After that, the recruiter will give you a call to talk about the job, the project, and the workplace. They will also check if you meet the basic requirements, if you're still interested, confirm your clearance status, and discuss your salary expectations.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What are your career aspirations and what specifically interests you about Peraton?
Peraton
Software Engineer
Intern Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
The interview process involved a mix of behavioral and technical questions, making up about half of the time each. For the technical part, I was shown Java and Python functions and asked to debug and optimize them. I also had to suggest the appropriate data structures for given problems in both languages.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Have you completed a data structures and algorithms course?
Peraton
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Difficult Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Coding
The interview started with a manager chat where we talked about my previous projects, many of which matched their current work, making them excited and me hopeful. Then came the tech interview, which was just a timed Hackerrank test. They recorded everything I typed. The task was some coding puzzle that didn't make sense for a research role. I don't remember the specifics because the rules were so weird. It involved a vector of numeric sub-vectors, finding the max for every third entry, and moving vectors around, which was completely nonsensical. I asked for clarification on the problem, the skills being assessed, and the rules' meaning, but got no help, suspecting the interviewer didn't understand it either. So, I just started structuring the data until time ran out. Despite having years of relevant experience, I was disqualified because of this confusing Hackerrank puzzle that no one could explain. It seems this company doesn't value understanding tasks before coding, which is odd for a research position.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- I can't recall any specific questions, it was mostly unclear.
- The questions asked were mostly gibberish.
Peraton Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Peraton interview reports.
“In Java, is the parameter passing mechanism "pass by value" or "pass by reference"?”
Read reports →“How would you multiply a number by 2 using bitwise operations?”
Read reports →“Is it possible for Java to support multiple inheritance?”
Read reports →“Can you break down what each part of "public static void main(String[] args)" does?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the distinctions between final, finally, and finalize in Java?”
Read report →“Can you explain the difference between overloading and overriding in Java?”
Read report →“Can you define what a primary key is?”
Read report →“Can you explain the difference between an interface and a regular class?”
Read report →“Can you explain the technical differences between Java and Python?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 33 Peraton interview reports.