Anduril Software Engineer interview: C++ screen and graph clusters

I went through a familiar sequence: recruiter contact, a technical coding screen, and an on-site. In the Zoom technical round, we briefly covered my background before moving into C++. I had to read basic lines of code and explain pointers, references, lambdas, and move semantics.

The second half was a programming challenge using depth-first search to identify node clusters in a graph. The on-site included coding, system design, and behavioral discussion. In the behavioral part, resume questions felt like an attempt to verify whether my story was real, which made that section more stressful than I expected. The process moved steadily and felt average in difficulty. I did not receive an offer, though I felt technically aligned.

Location: Irvine, CA. Overall feedback: positive. Offer status: no offer.