BAE Systems Software Engineer I interview questions
based on 55 ratings - Updated 20 Apr 2026
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Software Engineer I applicants have rated the interview process at BAE Systems with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer I roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at BAE Systems overall takes an average of 45 days.
Common stages of the interview process at BAE Systems as a Software Engineer I according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Drug test: 33%
Group panel interview: 33%
Background check: 33%
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I first had a phone screening that asked me some basic technical questions like “When would you choose to use Python over C++ for a project?” or “Can you explain what inheritance is in object-oriented programming?”
Afterwards, like two weeks later, I had an in-person panel interview with 6 people where I had to make a PowerPoint about myself and answer behavioral questions, everyone was very welcoming and the interview went really well but I was ghosted after that and no emails were responded to.
Online hirevue behavioural questions followed by a psychometric online assessment. OA was fairly simple and included the typical questions like verbal and arithmatic reasoning. Spot the different shapes and patterns was a bit difficult
Upon being successful from the application form, you have to complete a one way online interview which includes 4 STAR based questions, and 3 game based assessments which are designed to get an idea of how your brain works and what type of personality you have.
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A time you had to do something the right way not the easy way