Raytheon Applied Signal Technology Interview Questions
& Process

I applied online and then chatted with a recruiter at a career fair who then passed my info to the hiring manager. A week later, I had a technical phone interview with someone else. Two weeks after that, I got an email to do a background check. A week after the background check, I got a call to set up an in-person interview that was scheduled to be 3-5 hours long. The in-person interview involved meeting the manager for about 15 minutes, then an hour-long technical interview with a panel of 3 engineers. After that, I met with another panel of 3 engineers for another hour of technical questions. The manager then took me to lunch and talked about how the company used to offer better pay and benefits before being bought by Raytheon. Lastly, I met with the office admin to discuss benefits. Two days after the in-person interview, a recruiter called saying they were going to make me an offer and asked about my salary expectations. I told them my expectations, and they said they probably couldn't meet them but would try. 30 minutes later, they called back to say they couldn't make an offer due to the current market conditions. It felt very unprofessional.

The interview process was pretty relaxed. I was expecting the typical technical interview with folks asking a series of questions that gauged my technical ability. What I received was a very relaxing conversation. It was friendly, interesting, and still achieved the above in a very indirect manner. Obviously if you're going to support a client you'll also have a client interview that can be technical as well, and those seem to be more traditional.

I applied online and then got a surprise phone call for the first round, which I passed. It was a 30-minute call with no coding, just standard behavioral questions, a review of my resume, and some technical questions about Big O, Linux commands, and OOP. The interviewer was understanding if I couldn't recall specifics. A few weeks later, I went to Sunnyvale for the onsite interviews. There were 3 interviews, each about 45 minutes, plus a casual lunch chat. They asked 2 coding questions and delved into my resume, behavioral aspects (like when I decided to become a software engineer or a time I worked in a team), and technical topics like my preferred coding languages, OOP, and Linux. Everything felt tailored to my resume, so no surprises. It was a positive experience with nice people. I got an offer about a week later but I'm still thinking about it.

We had a video call with 3 hiring managers. They asked behavioral and tech questions and 1 coding question. They also asked about my school work and conflicts with the team. I felt it was a bad experience because one of the hiring managers couldn't ask a question clearly and no one helped.