Sandia National Laboratories R&D Systems Engineer interview questions

I was invited to participate in a virtual interview over Microsoft Teams. The hiring manager, a panel of staff members, and an external manager were on the call. Each took turns asking a question. Most of the questions focused on my relevant experience and/or personality-based questions. They requested I use the STAR format to respond to the questions.

The first part of the interview process was a screening call with a recruiter. After passing that, the formal interview was broken up into two back to back interviews. The first was with with four non managerial, senior level engineers and took 60 minutes. This was less technical and was more about gauging my overall fit. The second was with three managers. This also took 60 minutes including a 10 minute technical presentation. Most technical questions asked were geared towards this presentation, with the remaining questions being primarily behavioral.