Spacex Software Engineer interview experience

The interview itself ended up happening online via Teams and was proctored through Codility, which added a tense layer from the start.

The call was described as a technical C++ screen, so I prepared for something more typical. Instead, the actual prompt was three vague sentences that asked for an algorithm to handle a pressure chamber system using velocity data from mission control during liftoff. There weren’t clear parameters, expected inputs/outputs, or data types, so I spent time trying to structure the problem with the little context I had.

I outlined a solution approach involving