SpaceX Application Software Engineer Full-Time Phone and Live Coding Process

Role: Application Software Engineer
Result: No offer
Report time: February 2026
Location: Hawthorne, California
Experience rating: Positive
Difficulty: Easy

Interview process

1. The phone screen focused on the candidate's résumé.
2. A 60-minute virtual live-coding interview followed.
3. The live session combined system-design discussion with behavioral questions.
4. An onsite was described as the next step but had not occurred at the time covered by the detailed process account.

Reported question

The candidate was asked to explain the most complex project previously built.

The source does not preserve the live-coding prompt, system-design requirements, behavioral questions, or the reason the process ultimately ended without an offer.