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Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 24, 2016
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was initially contacted by a recruiter, who was very responsive to my questions. I was then instructed to take an initial debugging test.

The test was a multiple-choice quiz involving debugging C code. The code itself wasn't hard to debug, but for multiple questions, I didn't know if I could assume things such as if the arguments given were always accurate or if memory allocation always succeeded.

I tried to use context clues to determine what I should assume, but whether the code checked its inputs or checked for a successful memory allocation varied from question to question. Therefore, there were multiple questions where I could have justifiably argued that there were multiple answers.

After I took the quiz, I very politely emailed the recruiter to tell her I felt good about the test, but that the quiz was ambiguous because it didn't clarify what we were allowed to assume. A few days later, all I received was a boilerplate email telling me that I would not be moving forward.

Questions

Given a piece of C code, determine the bug, if any.

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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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