SWE New Grad Interview Experience - Hawthorne, California
Process
Brief HR call.
Two rounds of virtual coding assessments.
One round onsite (including 1 coding round and a one-hour presentation).
Another round of virtual coding assessment.
Received a verbal offer and went through a background check.
A week later, got a call saying the position was no longer available. Sigh.
The overall experience was good, except for the last part. HR was helpful.
Questions
The coding problems were not all necessarily LeetCode-style. There was one feature logic design, one system design, and one DFS problem.
The presentation is about a deep dive into a project I worked on.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the SpaceX SWE New Grad role in Hawthorne, California.
Success Rate
SpaceX's interview process for their SWE New Grad roles in Hawthorne, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for SpaceX's SWE New Grad interview process in Hawthorne, California.
SpaceX Work Experiences
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