I am graduating this summer with a master’s degree in electrical engineering. I am going to be applying for engineering positions at places like Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, etc. in the coming weeks and I would like to know what kind of technical questions I can expect.

What is the nature of this sort of interview? Will they focus on the research I’ve done or will they focus on other technical questions (or both)? The reason I’m unsure is because I spoke with others in my lab who are Phd students and they said their interview was just a matter of answering questions about their research (their journal papers, thesis, etc.) with a de-emphasis on particular technical questions about general radar topics. I was a research assistant in Doppler radar from which I was able to get a paper published in the IEEE. I also have another published paper from an independent studies in my senior year as an undergraduate student. So I would be good to go if the interview is just a matter of discussing research. But I am a little bit nervous about the technical part of the interview because I feel like I’ve forgotten a lot of material. Over the past two years I’ve had mental health problems that really had a negative impact on both my memory and my ability to concentrate. I am going to spend the next few weeks trying to re-learn some things I’ve forgotten. So basically, I’d like to know how much I should be reviewing before I start going on interviews. Basically my questions:

As someone with a master’s in electrical engineering (as a research assistant in Doppler radar), what can I expect?

What can I expect for technical questions?

Are there sample technical questions?