SpaceX

Software Engineer Interview Experience - Hawthorne, California

April 18, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone interview with a recruiter, followed by an OA. The recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn. I failed the OA, but it was about satellites and was not LeetCode-style.

Questions

Why do you want to work at SpaceX?

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 23 interview experiences for the SpaceX Software Engineer role in Hawthorne, California.

Success Rate

13%

Pass Rate

SpaceX's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Hawthorne, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive48%

Neutral43%

Negative9%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for SpaceX's Software Engineer interview process in Hawthorne, California.

SpaceX Interview Questions

Number of Islands

Medium

Given a grid representing land and water, count the number of distinct islands. An island is formed by connected land cells.

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