SWE Intern Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington
January 8, 2026
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
- 30 minute resume deep dive
- Take home assessment (took around 6 hours and was conducted in C++)
- 1 hour final interview on resume, networking, low-level, and OS concepts (although I think it depends on your resume)
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the SpaceX SWE Intern role in Redmond, Washington.
Success Rate
100%
Pass Rate
SpaceX's interview process for their SWE Intern roles in Redmond, Washington is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for SpaceX's SWE Intern interview process in Redmond, Washington.
SpaceX Work Experiences
4.0
Rockets and Satellites
SWE Intern • Current Employee
Redmond, WA
November 6, 2025
Pros: Working with cool technology and teams.
Cons: Sad pay, and sad hours worked.
4.0
Fast paced, learned a lot
Associate Engineer • Former Employee
Hawthorne, CA
April 8, 2025
Pros: High ownership of projects, extremely fast paced work, little hierarchy between engineers, and nice office benefits
Cons: High stress work (especially whenever launches are coming up), and the personalities of some engineers that might rub off the wrong way
3.0
Great place for the young
Quality Inspector • Current Employee
Hawthorne, CA
April 4, 2024
Pros: Great place for great experiences.
Cons: Not great for people who have families or kids of their own.
No work-life balance.
If you don’t do more overtime like 12-day shifts all the time, you look less of a worker than those who do 12-hr days all the time.
- 4.0Rockets and SatellitesSWE Intern • Current EmployeeRedmond, WANovember 6, 2025Pros: Working with cool technology and teams.Cons: Sad pay, and sad hours worked.
- 4.0Fast paced, learned a lotAssociate Engineer • Former EmployeeHawthorne, CAApril 8, 2025Pros: High ownership of projects, extremely fast paced work, little hierarchy between engineers, and nice office benefitsCons: High stress work (especially whenever launches are coming up), and the personalities of some engineers that might rub off the wrong way
- 3.0Great place for the youngQuality Inspector • Current EmployeeHawthorne, CAApril 4, 2024Pros: Great place for great experiences.Cons: Not great for people who have families or kids of their own. No work-life balance. If you don’t do more overtime like 12-day shifts all the time, you look less of a worker than those who do 12-hr days all the time.
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