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SpaceX Engineer interview questions

Updated Apr 2, 2026

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Engineer Interview

Feb 14, 2024

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (McGregor, TX) in Nov 2023

Interview

A phone screen, online presentation and technical interview, technical on-site and tour. The phone screen was 30min, presentation and interview 90min and on-site 2-3 hours. Fluids, structural, instrumentation, operations and more questions.

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Question 1

Does a water bucket with a hole drilled in the bottom fully empty?

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Engineer Interview

Feb 13, 2024

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at SpaceX

Interview

Did a phone interview where the interviewer basically explained the job role and asked what do you know about SpaceX. He then asked like five technical engineering questions and explained the following steps.

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Question 1

What do you need for combustion?

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Question 2

If a beam is fixed on one end and it is free on the other end but there is a downward force on the free end, where will the beam fail?

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Question 3

What is the equation for a force of a spring?

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Question 4

What is stress and strain?

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Engineer Interview

Mar 4, 2023

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at SpaceX

Interview

First I had a phone screen with the technical recruiter recruiter, then had two follow up phone calls with hiring managers over the next 2 to 3 weeks, then a day of interviews on site with multiple rounds of one on one interviews.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Why do you want to work here

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