xAI·Software Engineer

xAI Software Engineer interview experience

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São Paulo, São PauloPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After the recruiter step, I ended up in a technical interview that felt mid-to-hard.

The main problem was a simulation—moving a rocket around in a game-like way. I could follow the idea and make progress, but the time box was brutal for what I needed to implement cleanly. By the time I got to the parts that would make it fully correct and complete, I’d run out of runway.

It left me with the sense that the target was more polished execution than just having a workable approach, and my pacing wasn’t good enough for their expectations. I didn’t move on from that round, and honestly it was disappointing because I could see how to solve it, just not fast enough for the format

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