I interviewed at SpaceX (Brownsville, TX) in Jan 2021
Interview
Long and extremely intense. Think of every engineering class you have taken. Heat transfer, Mech of Matl, statics, dynamics... everything.... they will ask and you will have to answer with engineering fundamental equations to back it up
I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX in Jan 2021
Interview
Screening calls with recruiter and hiring manager before three technical interviews with various lead/senior engineers. Then a technical presentation and an on-site interview. Wait time between interviews was anywhere between a couple days to a week and a half. Interviews were pretty interesting and the whole process was actually kind of fun (until I got rejected, rip).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You're sitting in a canoe inside an above-ground pool holding a bowling ball. You drop the bowling ball. What happens to the water level of the pool?
Lots of questions on previous projects.
Some questions on basic engineering (i.e., cantilever beam, hoop stress, effects of thermal loads, etc.).
I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Brownsville, TX) in Sep 2020
Interview
Got a phone interview from engineer, went through my resume and asked me a brain teaser question at the end. The interview was not hard, the recruiter was very nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you wake a hotdog put it in the microwave and heat it up, it will fail. How will it fail?