Prepare for your Lockheed Martin federal interview

Defense program management and technical cases calibrated to Lockheed Martin's focus on systems engineering, contract execution, and mission-critical delivery.

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The Interview

What Lockheed Martin is looking for

Program Mgmt Interview

Defense Program Management

01Earned Value Management

02Cost & Schedule Variance Analysis

03Subcontractor Oversight

04Risk Register Management

Technical Interview

Systems Engineering Review

01Requirements Decomposition

02Interface Control Documents

03Test & Verification Strategy

04Configuration Management

Behavioral Interview

Core Values & Ethics

01Do What's Right

02Respect Others

03Perform With Excellence

04Security Consciousness

World's largest defense contractor with $65B+ in annual revenue//Interview heavily tests earned value management and DoD acquisition lifecycle//Ethics and security consciousness are disqualifying factors if not demonstrated

Practice Library

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Ready to ace your Lockheed Martin federal interview?

Prepare for your Lockheed Martin federal interview

Defense program management and technical cases calibrated to Lockheed Martin's focus on systems engineering, contract execution, and mission-critical delivery.

Socratify AI

The Interview

What Lockheed Martin is looking for

Program Mgmt Interview

Defense Program Management

01Earned Value Management

02Cost & Schedule Variance Analysis

03Subcontractor Oversight

04Risk Register Management

Technical Interview

Systems Engineering Review

01Requirements Decomposition

02Interface Control Documents

03Test & Verification Strategy

04Configuration Management

Behavioral Interview

Core Values & Ethics

01Do What's Right

02Respect Others

03Perform With Excellence

04Security Consciousness

How It Works

Master Lockheed Martin Federal Interviews

Defense program management and systems engineering cases scored on acquisition rigor and mission delivery. · Click to expand

1Your Federal Goals

Federal Program Delivery

Practitioner

Compliance & Security Management

Practitioner

2Federal Case Prep

You are awarded a $1B 5-year DOD program. Design delivery strategy with evolving...

CASE INTERVIEWHard

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3Frameworks

Framework

Are compliance/security requirements blocking delivery?

Certification timeline causing delays?

FedRAMP authorization: 6-9 month baseline path

DIACAP recertification cycles: 12-18 months between audits

Compliance activities consuming 28% of delivery capacity

Security clearance/facility constraints?

Facility clearance delays: 12+ months for TS/SCI facility

67% of development team awaiting Secret+ clearance

Are scope/schedule misaligned with resources?

Scope creep consuming capacity?

Original scope: 450 FTE-months, current: 549 (+22%)

Change requests: 147 approved, 94 pending PO signature

Critical path compressed or extended?

Original schedule: 60 months, current baseline: 76 months (+26%)

Milestone slip: 16 months behind, government penalty: $2.1M

Are stakeholders aligned on priorities?

Government agency priorities shifting?

Three PMs in 24 months, each with different priorities

Government change order approval time: 45-90 days

Internal team/contractor alignment issues?

Subcontractor dependencies: 7 vendors, 34% critical path

Team turnover: 24% over contract period, 18 months ramp-up per new hire

4Feedback

Federal Delivery

Distinctive

Compliance Thinking

Strong

Procurement Understanding

Meeting Bar

Stakeholder Alignment

Strong

Repeat

Practice Library

Lockheed Martin exercises

You are managing a $2.8B aircraft systems program with a CPI of 0.91 and SPI of 0.85....

CASE INTERVIEWHard

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A critical subsystem supplier is 4 months behind on a sensor integration deliverable....

LEARNMedium

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Design a test and verification strategy for a new radar system that must meet...

LEARNHard

Defense · Systems EngineeringLockheed Martin

Describe a time you identified an ethical concern on a project. What did you do and what...

BEHAVIORALMedium

Behavioral · Ethics & IntegrityLockheed Martin

Tell me about a time you had to deliver excellence under significant schedule pressure....

BEHAVIORALMedium

Behavioral · Perform With ExcellenceLockheed Martin