Systems Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at General Dynamics Mission Systems with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 66% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 32 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at General Dynamics Mission Systems overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at General Dynamics Mission Systems as a Systems Engineer according to 32 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Phone interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 14%
Drug test: 14%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
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I interviewed at General Dynamics Mission Systems (San Diego, CA)
Interview
One interview and then an offer was made. Very impressed with the maturity of the process and the confidence that this shows. As opposed to some other firms which do a 7 stage interview process.
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Question 1
How would you describe what a Systems Engineer does?
I applied online. I interviewed at General Dynamics Mission Systems (Pittsfield, MA) in Dec 2025
Interview
All behavorial and talks about your resume experience. Expect some follow up questions that aren't scripted depending on your resume. I had one project that really interested them, and we basically talked about that the whole hour. Everyone was super easy going too
It was ok didn’t ask much it was a panel interview it lasted about 4 hours. I had about 5 people repeat the same questions. A lot of folks were pretty easy going nothing to technical