The process took 3 days. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Apr 2021
Interview
Call from recruiter and talks like he has been drinking a gallon of coffee but was nice.
Call from program manager and is also talking like he drank a gallon of coffee. Asks about resume stuff, some general distributed computing questions i.e threading/multi-processing.
Last question was pretty ridiculous “we hire the top tenth of the top 1% of engineers, what are you the top tenth of the top one percent at?”
Really bro?? How do you even measure that figure? Id have to say it was probably the worst interview experience I have ever had.
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.
