HR screening call with basic personality questions, then a remote technical in my case one SQL question and some more personality questions, then they fly you out for 2 in person technicals.
1. Remote Technical Interview (1 hr); coding question
2. In-person Interview (technical and behavioral) (several hours; several coding problems, live coding with interviewers)
3. 3rd interview (I did not make it this far)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical interview consisted of questions about database design
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Redmond, WA) in Apr 2023
Interview
1. Initial phone screen - with recruiter 2. Hiring manager phone screen to determine roles - they were hiring for multiple data science and data engineering roles 3. Technical take home test - given a week to complete. Same test given for DS and DE roles
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Why SpaceX? Q: What is your data engineering experience? Q: What do you know about Startlink? Q: High level data modeling questions Q: How do you deal with pushback at work? Q: Resume deep dive
