I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (San Diego, CA) in May 2019
Interview
Phone interview was about my experience with C++. In person interview, was a whiteboard interview coding a data structure of my choice. Make sure to study, in particular study data structures. I did a stack with using a linked list in Java. Before that I was presented with a coding joke problem. It was a comic in which robots were killing humans and it showed some incorrect code. The problem was the if statement was
"= " instead of "==" which made the robots start killing the humans.
Next general and behavior computer science questions. Talked about a bit on my resume which they will have at hand. Mentioned my experience as a tutor and operating systems class as they didn't ask this and I thought it would be valuable information . I showed a lot of enthusiasm to a project about frequencies and they really liked that. In the end, I think that's what landed me the job offer.
Aside: Make sure you have a security clearance and mention it if you do. This helps with them favoring you as you can start on the job quicker.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
What Unix command do you use to find a word in a text file
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman (Melbourne, FL)
Interview
They called my phone number to contact me to schedule the interview. I interviewed 2 weeks later. I had 2 people interview me on Teams, neither of whom was the initial point of contact. After walking through my resume, they asked me a mix of behavioral and technical questions that were conceptual. The interview lasted 45 minutes total.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given [x] example of a system that they work with, to solve these types of problems. What programming language would be best suited for these conditions? Why that language over another similar language? What are the pros and cons of these languages?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Northrop Grumman in Dec 2025
Interview
I was referred, which seemed to put me past a couple of the rounds of interviewing. The actual interview was actually really enjoyable compared to my interviews with companies like Boeing and Amazon. The interviewers actually made me want to work with them. The questions were mainly trying to see if you knew what was in your resume, and there were some small technical questions, but nothing too difficult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
explain the binary search algorithm like I don't know anything about coding.
Was asked about my previous projects and about my technical skills. We also did a quick live coding section in both C++ and Python. Also was asked some hypothetical situation interview questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you were working on a team and you faced conflict, and describe how you resolved it.
