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      Software Engineer Interview

      Oct 24, 2016
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX

      Interview

      I was initially contacted by a recruiter, who was very responsive to my questions, and instructed to take an initial debugging test. The test was a multiple choice quiz debugging C code. The code itself wasn't hard to debug, but for multiple questions I didn't know if I could assume things such as if the arguments given were always accurate or if memory allocation always succeeded. I tried to use context clues to determine what I should assume but whether the code checked it's inputs or checked for a successful memory allocation varied from question to question and therefore there were multiple questions where I could have justifiably argued that there were multiple answers for the same question. After I took the quiz I very politely emailed the recruiter to tell her I felt good about the test, but that the quiz was ambiguous because it didn't clarify what we were allowed to assume. A few days later all I received was a boiler plate email telling me that I would not be moving forward.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Shown a piece of C code determine what the bug is, if any
      Answer question
      8

      Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for SpaceX

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 9, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Hawthorne, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA)

      Interview

      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.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 1, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at SpaceX

      Interview

      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
      Answer question
      1

      Software Engineer Interview

      May 29, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      California City, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at SpaceX (California City, CA)

      Interview

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

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