Spacex·Software Engineer

Spacex Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Hawthorne, CAPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My early steps were a recruiter screen where we covered background, my personal project work, and why I wanted the company and the SWE role.

After that, I was given a take-home assessment that was the hardest part of the whole process for me—mine took around six hours to complete and was conducted in C++.

Once I submitted it, the process moved into follow-up rounds that focused on getting my reasoning and communication down on paper and then in conversation. I had a final round that combined things like behavioral themes and system-design style discussion, plus technical topics that connected back to my resume.

I never made it to an offer, and the longer timeline and the intensity of the take-home made it feel like the bar was

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