I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
Phone call with recruiter, it started with standard recruiting questions like tell me about yourself etc. and after that there were some technical questions. 2nd Round was a live codding test with 2 engineers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's Big O notation and several examples to determine the Big O of the algorithm.
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.