I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Jun 2018
Interview
Went well overall! It was fun and they truly questioned everything I did. Stopping me every time I wanted to express my how I would benefit the company. Very fast paced interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have 500 work orders, you must go in order (1-500) but a manager wants you to tell them when can work order 430 get done. How do you determine an accurate time?
After four rounds of interviews, two by phone, 1 with panel and an additional one by phone after an offer was not made, trying to get feedback from the recruiter is like a snowballs chance in hell. After 7 requests for feedback back to improve so one can get an unanimous yes from the panel it leads to many questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was I willing to work over the weekends, or staggered work schedule?
I applied in-person. I interviewed at SpaceX (Brownsville, TX) in Oct 2024
Interview
The process of my interview was super-fast and professional, the people in charge of recruiting are super nice and explain the process perfectly. Working for SpaceX has been one of the best experiences in my career, I hope to grow and learn much more.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me questions about my previous experience and about situations that could happen in the future, first of all, they gave me several scenarios as examples.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Jul 2022
Interview
Interview was pretty straight forward with questions about your prior work history, projects you've lead or been involved with. Manager went into SpaceX vision and the "no a-hole policy" asking if you know anything about what SpaceX does and what its goals are for making humans multi-planetary.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain your experience with project management and how you deal with ambiguity when trying to reach a goal.