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      Software Engineer Interview

      17 May 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Annapolis Junction, MD
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Alion (Annapolis Junction, MD) in Mar 2018

      Interview

      The interview process was straightforward. Met with a few team leads and project managers. The were very welcoming throughout the whole interview process. Definitely one of the more thorough interviews I have been on.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What are the different environments you've worked in with regards to coding?
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      Software Engineer Interview

      2 Jan 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Alion in Dec 2021

      Interview

      A recruiter from Latitude Inc. found my resume on Dice and emailed me to schedule a virtual interview. There was also a basic phone screening. The interview was with a manager and a senior developer. They started off by introducing themselves and then had me introduce myself and briefly talk about my experience as a developer. Then they asked me some technical questions. They said that I can say if I don't know something and to please not Google the answer during the interview (apparently that has happened before?). A lot of them were fairly basic syntax questions so overall not too bad. After that, there were some behavioral questions that were mostly about what I do in my current position. The interviewers were very friendly and seemed pretty excited about the company and the work that they do. I should also note that they didn't turn on their cameras in the meeting. It is not clear if I was expected to have mine on but I did anyway. The interview, not counting any questions I had for them, only lasted around 20 minutes. They said not to worry that it was short and that I did great. Not all my answers were perfect but I felt pretty good about it overall. The recruiter contacted me the following week saying they wanted to extend an offer. They didn't give a strict time limit but the recruiter said he would like to let them know by the end of the next week. In the end, I ended up declining mainly because it was a contract-to-hire position and I decided I didn't really like the idea of that. Note that it is possible that the fact that it was a contract-to-hire position may have made the interview easier.

      Interview questions [17]

      Question 1

      What is a void type method?
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      Question 2

      What is the difference between an abstract class and an interface?
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      Question 3

      What are the different access modifiers in Java?
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      Question 4

      What Linux command would you use to find a file with a specific string in it?
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      Question 5

      What is the difference between a merge and a rebase in Git?
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      Question 6

      What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
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      Question 7

      What is your process for when you’re stuck on a problem?
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      Question 8

      Can you tell us about a time when you had to solve a problem?
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      Question 9

      What do you think about Agile as opposed to other methodologies such as Waterfall?
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      Question 10

      Why do you think test-driven development is useful/not useful?
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      Question 11

      What do you hope to gain from this role?
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      Question 12

      When planning a sprint, do you take the easy tasks or hard tasks or a combination?
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      Question 13

      At the end of a work day, what would make you think that you did a job well done?
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      Question 14

      What is a mock used for in unit testing?
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      Question 15

      What is the difference between an array and an arraylist?
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      Question 16

      Can you describe the MVC design pattern?
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      Question 17

      There was a question about multithreading. I don't remember what it was exactly but they were asking for a Java keyword.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      20 Mar 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Alion

      Interview

      Met recruiter at college career fair. Received phone interview request shortly after. Phone interview lasted for about 30 minutes and was mostly about my resume and hearing what the company had to offer.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about X on your resume.
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