SpaceX Software Engineer Full-time C++ Take-Home Assessment

Role: Software Engineer
Result: Not disclosed

Report time: 2/17/2019

The assessment problem itself was described as straightforward, but the implementation restrictions made it time-consuming.

Requirements included:

• C++ only
• No C++11 or newer features
• No STL containers
• Code had to be returned by email
• The company ran the tests and replied by email with the result

The candidate spent two to three hours implementing a map-like container from scratch and another hour explaining the approach and requesting test results. The exact business objective of the assessment was not disclosed.