I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at SpaceX in Jul 2023
Interview
Initially had a recruiter phone call, which just had standard job fit questions. I was then sent an Online Assessment, which I completed and scored 100% on. The recruiter reached out and confirmed I would be progressing to the next round, and to await next steps. I was then ghosted for two months, and finally received a message from the recruiter (after multiple follow-up emails on my side) to schedule my interview. No confirmation was sent for another month. By the time I finally got to get interviewed, the interviewer was nice enough. However, it felt more like a pop quiz on CS trivia rather than something that was aimed to test my problem solving and technical skills.
Phone call with a recruiter discussing SpaceX, its goals, my resume, professional experience, interest in the role, availability to work overtime, and ability to handle additional responsibilities when needed for the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to tell them about my professional experience.
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.
