I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in May 2024
Interview
1st round, behavioral screen with recruiter
2nd round, take home codility test
3rd round, onsite - present on a project from your resume. up to 3 subsequent interviews, was asked to leave after first interview.
Applied online has two round. First being an phone call with recruiter and the second being online with a team of engineer asked about my previous experience and then had a short coding leetcode style question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a recent debugging problem and how you solved it.
Basic questions about python vs c++, am I authorized to work in the US, stack vs heap, projects and my experience mentioned in my resume, quick introduction about myself and why i wish to work at spacex.
Recruiter screens usually hit: time/space complexity of common operations, why O(log n) beats O(n), array vs hash map vs linked list tradeoffs, and Big-O of sorting. Want me to drill you on these?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
recruiter called, they has a few big O questions and basic DSA