I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Sandia National Laboratories
Interview
On campus interview and the interview was very straight forward. Just behavioral questions and nothing technical and went over the resume a little bit. The interview wasn't conducted by HR, it was conducted by some computer science researchers. I will list some of the questions that were asked below and he read the questions from a list so it may be something many people get.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What kind of problems do you like to solve?
What role do you usually assume in a team environment?
What is a time when you assumed leadership in a group?
What is a time you brought someone over to your side of the team?
How do you deal with someone who is not doing their expected function in a team?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Sandia National Laboratories in Jan 2026
Interview
The recruiter asked 5 behavioral questions, mainly about working as part of a team. It took about 40 minutes, and we had some time to talk about career paths. The interview was held in teams.
They went over experiences on my resume and asked me to describe in detail what I contributed to certain projects I had listed. There were 4 people in the interview who were asking me technical questions about my resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked to describe my duties at a previous job and to explain the numbers I listed on the bullet points in the job.
Also asked about projects I worked on.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sandia National Laboratories (Los Angeles, CA) in Feb 2023
Interview
Met at career fair, brought me in for two interviews, one with recruiter and one with recent grad from my school (USC). Asked me about courses, club involvement, software I am familiar with, a time when I had to finish a project that required me to work really hard (testing persistence)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are your future career goals, do you want to pursue PHD