Blue Origin Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Blue Origin.
Blue Origin
Associate Software Engineer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home Panel Background check Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
I was emailed with some screening questions, and then scheduled for a technical interview. The interviewer seemed unsure how to proceed and told me to contact the recruiter. It started with background and 'why Blue' questions. Then, I had 15 minutes to debug a to-do list on an AI-assisted Hackerrank. After that, I was told for the panel interviews I needed to create a portfolio based on a previous internship project. In the three separate panel interviews, I never actually presented the project. Instead, I answered more leadership questions, followed by a technical assessment. The first panel focused on math questions about percentiles, the second involved a technical talk, and the third was a strange problem about counting children in a tree. I had to chase the recruiter for an update after two weeks.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you explain the difference between an array and a linked list?
- What distinguishes an array from a linked list?
Blue Origin
Software Engineer
Entry Difficult Positive experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Presentation Onsite Background check Offer
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral Presentation System Design
The interview process starts with a first round that includes two LeetCode problems and a behavioral question. After that, there's a panel interview with 3-4 rounds. Candidates need to prepare a 1-hour presentation about their experiences or projects. This is followed by more LeetCode rounds. Additionally, there's a manager interview focusing on system design.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Could you tell me why Blue?
- What is it about Blue Origin that attracts you?
Blue Origin
Software Engineer
Mid Average Neutral experience No offer 7 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
I applied through a referral and after that had a screening with a recruiter. Then, I had a tech screen with the hiring manager and another senior engineer. They asked me a very basic coding question. After that, I moved onto the final rounds. The final round was 5 different interviews. 4 of them were behavioral, where they really wanted to see my Leadership Values. One of them was an AI-assisted Hackerrank where they wanted to see me input high-level logic into the AI assistant.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Could you solve an easy LeetCode problem?
- How is your Java knowledge?
- How is your TypeScript knowledge?
Blue Origin Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Blue Origin interview reports.
“Why does a golf ball have dimples instead of being smooth?”
Read reports →“Given a string of instructions like "UDS", determine if a robot returns to its starting point after executing them (e.g., 'U' means up, 'D' means down, 'S' means stay; in this example, the robot does not return to the original position).”
Read reports →“Can you write a function to get the first n odd numbers from a list?”
Read reports →“Write a C++ program to count the maximum number of consecutive ones in the binary representation of a given integer (e.g., for 1011100000011, the result is 3).”
Read reports →“How many bits are typically used for an unsigned long in C++?”
Read report →“Can you tell me how many individuals have journeyed to the moon?”
Read report →“What are the advantages of using a linked list compared to an array?”
Read report →“Can you write a program to determine if a number reads the same forwards and backward?”
Read report →“Could you write a function to parse a latitude-longitude data packet?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
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