I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at SpaceX (Pensacola, FL) in May 2018
Interview
The interviewer called and asked about my experience and qualifications. Even though the entire phone screen was great in reference to my qualifications and professional experience, the interviewer disqualified me because I did not have a bachelors degree (even though their CEO loves to espouse how you don't need a degree to be successful and that that's not what they look for).
Recruiting Call -> Several rounds of technical interview: very fundamental questions that probe your conceptual understanding. Make sure to study / review first principles as it gets theorectical. Quick 30 minute phone calls
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about one project to showcase engineering skills
I applied for Software Engineer Data position. It was fine. 1 hour leetcode style interview on codility. The difficulty was medium. I had an alright experience. Was able to get brute force but not optimized solution.
Recruiter screen was a lot of trivia, very basic trivia that any software engineer should know so make sure to read up on some python syntax etc. to be able to answer the trivia questions. can be tricky given time limit
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some basic python methods used in machine learning