The hiring process at Peraton takes an average of 4 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 4 days), whereas Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 4 days).
Initial recruiter phone screen, followed by one 30 min HM screen, where they asked me general questions about large language models, and soft systems design. Total duration of about 2 weeks.
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Question 1
They asked me about my experience with large language models, and systems design questions around building dashboard agents.
Initial phone screening with recruiter/hiring manager. Reviewed my resume and discussed past experience, projects, and skills. Mostly clarifying questions with no technical assessment. Friendly, conversational process. Asked about career goals, availability, and overall interest in the role.
Interview process was straightforward and quick. Applied for the job and heard from the recruiter within a week. The recruiter was great. His initial email went to my spam so i didn’t see it but then he personally called me to follow-up in his email which was great. Did initial 30 minutes recruiter screening. The next week i did a 1 hour long technical interview with a VP, and was offered the job within two days.
I accepted the offer, successfully completed all contingencies (fingerprints, clearances) , attended onboarding townhalls and was ready to be given a start date. Unfortunately after all that effort on my part i was never given a start date when the project kicked off. I reached out several times but just kept receiving the same feedback “my offer is still valid and they will reach out when they confirm start dates with the client”. I was hopeful at first, but after 6 months of waiting (still waiting..) i’ve given up on them.