I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at SpaceX (Los Angeles, CA) in Aug 2017
Interview
A recruiter contacted me. From there, a long interview process began, involving
* A timed take-home test. 3-4 hours to answer a few interview questions, a code review, and a coding questions
* Two phone screens, both involving a shared code pad
* An on-site interview, involving a few 2-on-1 interviews with developers, project-managers, and managers. Also included a tour of the site.
On-site was in Los Angeles, even though the position is for Bellevue, WA
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a definition for a rocket part, figure out the total cost for the part. The part has a list of sub-parts, as well as cost of production/assembly from sub parts.
Recruiting Call -> Several rounds of technical interview: very fundamental questions that probe your conceptual understanding. Make sure to study / review first principles as it gets theorectical. Quick 30 minute phone calls
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about one project to showcase engineering skills
I applied for Software Engineer Data position. It was fine. 1 hour leetcode style interview on codility. The difficulty was medium. I had an alright experience. Was able to get brute force but not optimized solution.
Recruiter screen was a lot of trivia, very basic trivia that any software engineer should know so make sure to read up on some python syntax etc. to be able to answer the trivia questions. can be tricky given time limit
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some basic python methods used in machine learning
