I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Booz Allen Hamilton (Washington, DC) in Nov 2024
Interview
Phone screen with a recruiter followed up with a panel interview with an engineering manager and a few software engineers. Technical interview mainly consisted of questions about previous projects and experience in C++.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the three types of smart pointers?
Tell us about a project you are proud of.
How would you design a blackjack game (pseudocode out loud).
Technical questions asked about my resume. They asked about projects and different experiences and based the technical questions around that. Computer science topics such as data structures, algorithms, and more.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Job experience and based on that, technical questions such as what is https
Smooth, easy, they were super nice. I felt relaxed and enjoyed it.
There were two interviews after speaking with a recruiter initially. Then they followed up with a phone call.
Single practical coding exercise on test environment followed by discussion on job role and responsibilities. All remote, 2 months from application to interview, 1 week from interview to start date.
