I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Hughes Network Systems (Germantown, MD) in Oct 2013
Interview
Contacted by HR for a phone interview. The phone interview was of 30 minutes approx with basic questions and project discussions off my resume. Selected for on-site interviews in their college day event, where about 8-10 college students are called on the same day.
Had 4 interviews back to back of about 45 minutes each. Had breakfast at the beginning and lunch in the end. There were lab tours after the lunch for students who wanted to stay back.
Got decision within a week with the offer and I accepted the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How can we decrease the lag in online multi-player games since a very large lag satellite communication networks?
I interviewed at Hughes Network Systems (Gaithersburg, MD)
Interview
College Day- 4 Rounds of technical interviews where questions can range from white paper coding, deep dive into projects, OS fundamentals, networking fundamentals. OS Fundamentals can include multithreading, locks, dead locks, condition vars etc.