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Software Engineer Interview Experience

August 9, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied online and got no response from a recruiter. Scoured the internet to find the email of one of the recruiters and told her that I think I am a good candidate for their specific needs and that I had limited time because I had an offer elsewhere. A few days later, another recruiter emailed me a C-style debugging quiz. It's not difficult, but has some gotchas.

Fast forward a week and the recruiter says I passed. We set up a time to talk over the phone. She never shows up. We reschedule for a few days later, and we talk over the phone. I can barely hear her, and she's talking about how their office is a mess right now. No kidding. She then asks me some simple systems-level programming questions. Questions that range from C++ features to embedded systems to some simple math problems. She immediately says I passed that, and the next step would be a talk with an engineer. OK.

After that? Nothing. No emails from the recruiter, no response when I email her. Cool.

Questions

List as many STL containers as possible.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 144 interview experiences for the SpaceX Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

8%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive46%
Neutral28%
Negative26%

Candidates reported having good feelings for SpaceX's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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