I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
Submitted application online, was screened by a recruiter in a 10 minutes phone call, set up an interview over the phone with the manager who I would be working under if the job was offered. One 45 minute phone interview in which we went over the job description, what I would be doing if I was hired, my employment history and skills, and then asked some questions (which you will see below). Though the interviewer said mean time from phone interview to acceptance of offer was 4 weeks, I was offered the job 2 hours after I hung up, and then accepted within 2 business days.
I applied online. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Oct 2015
Interview
After applying online and submitting a employee referral I was contacted for a phone screening with HR representative and was set up for a technical phone interview for the same week.
Technical interview lasted about 45 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favorite steel and why? Asked a lot about projects I worked on.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX
Interview
Process took a little over a month. Submitted my resume both online and through a friend who is a full time employee. Got contacted for a phone interview a few weeks after applying online (about a week after sending my resume to my friend). Phone interview went well, nothing too challenging but a lot of detailed questions about projects on my resume. Didn't hear back for about 4 weeks, when they contacted me again saying I "might be a better fit for a different division" (I applied for stuctures, and they moved me to systems integration in avionics). Had another phone interview with this department. Similar interview style, a little more breadth and less depth of questions but overall same type of stuff. Didn't hear back for about 10 days so I sent a followup email. Got a call later that day saying I got the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lots of probing questions about design methods used in projects on my resume. Also a riddle:
3 lights in one room and 3 switches in another room, but you don't know which switch controls which light. You start in the switch room and can do whatever you want with them, then have to go to the light room and determine which switch controls which light.