I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX in July 2025
Interview
Applied online recruiter set up call shortly after. Completed take home assignment which was not leetcode style, took 4 hours. Invited to chat with hiring manager for 45 mins. Finally came the on site which involved a presentation and 5 other interviews. Felt like I did good, but was ghosted. Recruiter did not even have the decency to reject me after I followed up.
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
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.
Recruiter screen was a lot of trivia, very basic trivia that any software engineer should know so make sure to read up on some python syntax etc. to be able to answer the trivia questions. can be tricky given time limit
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some basic python methods used in machine learning