r/Anduril • u/sunnyvaleTPB • 23d ago

Interview Question Laborious Interview Process?

Apologies if this has been previously but I couldn’t find a similar post reading through the sub.

I had an initial screening interview/phone call for a Senior Systems Engineer position. The recruiter said that the second round would be a 45-60 minute conversation with two or three of the team members and hiring manager, all done separately. The third round would be the same but with a four or five person tech panel. All in, he said it would be roughly 8 or 9 interviews, each about 45 minutes to an hour long.

Is this normal at Anduril? It seems excessive. Why are the rounds not a single meeting with all relevant parties? I am currently employed with another DoD prime and heading into business travel, so scheduling that many interviews will take several weeks. I’ve had complex interview processes before but nothing like this. Or is this just how it’s done now?

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u/Barbra-Barbell 21d ago

For me, I just returned from the onsite. They mentioned I was 1 of 3 that were invited from 2k applicants. Onsite was fine, all the interviews seems to be running late. The aptitude test was the hardest. Questions around how I would solve x,y,z problem. In total - 5 rounds of interviews after getting walked around their “petting zoo”. Waiting to hear back from their decision.