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      Software Engineer Interview

      8 Mar 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience

      Other Software Engineer interview reviews for GCHQ

      Software Developer Interview

      7 Nov 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at GCHQ

      Interview

      Had an interview in Cheltenham. Asked to complete an algorithm task on paper before discussing it in the interview. Then more of a discussion about what you are interested in.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What do you know about Cyber Security?
      Answer question

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at GCHQ in Jan 2024

      Interview

      Never got back to me after saying my application looked great and they would contact me with more details. Had no way of contacting them either for obvious reasons so have been forced to just leave it in limbo.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      If I wanted to continue the process
      Answer question

      Software Developer Interview

      5 Aug 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bude, England
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at GCHQ (Bude, England)

      Interview

      interviewed in Bude for a software/developers role. The interview was VERY VERY impersonal, don't think they even had a copy of my CV in front of them and there was barely a dialogue between us... The three just sat opposite me like a stone wall, didn't converse with me or react to my answers and just filled out the booklets they had in front of them. The interview was in 2 halves, fairly simple technical questions then those silly "what would you do" type questions which caught me off guard so prepare for them. Didn't review my skills or experience at all

      Interview questions [6]

      Question 1

      Why work here?
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Describe a time you've explained a technical concept to someone.
      Answer question

      Question 3

      You're given 2 project by 2 different project managers and told they are top priority and must be completed today. You're not sure you have the time to complete both, what do you do?
      Answer question

      Question 4

      What is cloud computing?
      Answer question

      Question 5

      Multi threaded vs single threaded
      Answer question

      Question 6

      What are the benefits of Linux?
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      5