I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at SpaceX (Redmond, WA) in Mar 2022
Interview
I originally applied for FPGA Engineer and interviewed once on phone with recruiter and once with another FPGA engineer. I was more suited for a firmware engineer role so then I was then recruited for Software Engineer. I had a phone call with another Software engineer and I discussed one of my projects in great detail. Then I had to complete a 48 hour programming challenge. The team liked my solution so they flew me out to Redmond, WA where I had 3 interviews, one presentation regarding my solution, one technical software interview, one interview with the team manager. They ask a lot of questions, mostly focused on slightly changing a problem and then asking you how you would change your solution. A few days later I had one last interview with the software engineering director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe to me your most sophisticated firmware engineering project.
recruiter screen (confirm us citizenship, talk about your backgorund, dive into a personal project you worked on, why spacex and why SWE) -> take home OA -> in depth behavioral/system design -> on-site.
Passed the behavioral section, was friendly and easy.
The tech assessment was above average difficulty, with a
question involving data structures and confirming if conditions are met for satellite connectivity.
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Question 1
Easy Behavioral Questions (Tell me about yourself)
First round was a phone screening very quick and painless, the second round was a coding assessment (take home times 2 hr project), the third round was a behavioral where they dove into a specific project
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Question 1
Why starlink? Why SpaceX? What project are you most proud of?