I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX in Sept 2020
Interview
First a call with the technical recruiter. Very short, 6 mins. He asked: 1) if I had a U.S. citizenship/green card, 2) what were the years I earned my degrees, 3) why SpaceX.
Then there was a 30 mins call with the lead engineer and a manager. They asked about my past experience and wanted to see how they could benefit from it.
Then there was a remote (I accuse due to COVID-19) presentation with 3 manages and 2 HR guys. It went ok. They again asked some questions about my past experience. Sometime after the call an HR guy called and said that the feedback was good, but they decided not to continue with my application. I was super surprised and upset, but I sure appreciated the feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q.: How can you help us?
Q.: Do you have an experience building some piece of equipment.
Q.: Was there something that went bad in your previous job.
interview process was long and tedious. started with a recruiter screening, minimal technical questions, then moved to a hiring manager technical interview, following this was a technical presentation to a panel of engineers, i was then brought on site for an interview which included another pannel interview, site walkaround and questioning, then a written multiple choise mechanical assessmnet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
shear and moment diagrams, fluid basics, pipe flow, compressible flow.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at SpaceX (Cape Canaveral, FL) in Nov 2025
Interview
The interview started with 15 minute going through your past project / experiences. Followed up with 15 minute rapid fire technical questions (3 questions including topics from mechanical, fluids, and FEA)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If your FEA tells you the part fails, do you trust it?
The first round was a technical interview with lots of rapid fire technical questions. It was over the phone which made it hard to stop and think about how to answer each question.
