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      Software Engineer Interview

      Oct 17, 2020
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Los Angeles, CA

      Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for SpaceX

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 23, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      McGregor, TX
      No offer
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Los Angeles, CA) in Aug 2020

      Interview

      I applied online and was referred through a friend. First I was contacted by a recruiter and we set up a call. She wanted to know what I've worked on. We chatted about programming languages, my interests, "why space x". We arranged a technical phone screen with a member of the team. Technical phone screen was very good. I was supposed to talk about a technical project I've worked on and my contributions. I picked the system I work on at my current job. This was not difficult. It would only be difficult to someone who is trying to BS. They just want to know if you contributed, how, and why. Don't stress out here just be yourself! Phone call from recruiter and then we set up a take home code challenge. It is not a leetcode problem! It is a fun little problem that you can probably solve if you code at your day job. The most complex code thing I did here was recursion and just understanding Big O trade offs. This problem is about translating requirements into code. The final round is a technical interview. This interview is significantly easier than a facebook interview. No leetcodes, mostly just trivia. E.g. "how does a hash map work? How does a c++ vtable work? How does an OS store memory?" I did not get all of these questions. I would have known them right out of college but that was a decade ago. I answered most of them and the ones I missed were some of the more out-there ones. I received the offer but SpaceX cannot match even 60% of my current salary and I cannot do that to my family right now.

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      In c++ what is a vtable and how does it work?
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Why SpaceX?
      Answer question

      Question 3

      How does a hash map differ from a set?
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      Question 4

      What is the trade off between parallelism in python vs c++?
      Answer question

      Question 5

      lots of questions about cpu out of order execution and data hazards, compiler optimizations, compiled languages vs interpreted languages.
      Answer question
      26
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at SpaceX (McGregor, TX)

      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.
      Answer question

      Software Developer Interview

      Jun 18, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Sunnyvale, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at SpaceX (Sunnyvale, CA)

      Interview

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why are you interested in Spacex?
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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 14, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Hawthorne, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA)

      Interview

      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
      Answer question