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      Structures Engineer Interview

      Oct 18, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Hawthorne, CA

      Other Structures Engineer Interview Reviews for SpaceX

      Structures Engineer Interview

      Jan 3, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Brownsville, TX
      No offer
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Jun 2016

      Interview

      Recruiter phone screen, engineering director phone screen, all day in person interview including a presentation to a group, an engineering knowledge/skills quiz, and many 1:1s, and finally after the interview went well, two executive management phone calls and your 3-5 bullet point executive summary of highest accomplishments goes across Elon's desk. The in person interview begins with a presentation to a group on a design project. You have one hour to present and take questions from the people in the room. Many applicants are from Formula SAE or other project teams, and many engineers at SpaceX are design judges at the national competitions, so be prepared for tough questions. If they don't like your presentation, you'll be asked to leave after that. If they do like your presentation, you'll go on to eat lunch with a manager and then take a structures/other kind of engineering quiz depending on the position you're applying for. Then there are 3-4 hours of one-on-ones with engineers, managers, and directors. Overall a very through process. I ended up learning a significant amount about the company as well, and left the in person all day interview feeling very excited about the potential future opportunity. If they like you they will tell you that it went well and get you excited about potentially working there.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Mechanical engineering fundamentals questions, including beam bending, shear and moment diagrams, buckling strength, cross sections and moments of inertia, open ended design questions, materials strength and properties basic knowledge and understanding, questions to address corporate culture and fit, questions to see if I was scrappy, quick on my feet, intelligent, and had the correct work ethic
      Answer question
      4
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Brownsville, TX)

      Interview

      First there is a phone screening, next there are interviews with engineers and managers, then finally there are in-person interviews. In the final interviews you need to give an in-depth technical presentation on a project you have worked on.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Tell me about your experience.
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      Question 2

      Various cantilever beam stress questions.
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      Question 3

      Tell me as many ways you can think of to put a hole in a piece of stainless steel.
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      Structures Engineer Interview

      Sep 10, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Hawthorne, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Mar 2024

      Interview

      First interview was a typical recruiter behavioral screening with a few simple technical questions. Second interview was with a subsystems lead. He asked me many questions about the project on my resume that was most relevant for the position, sometimes adding hypotheticals.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about this specific project.
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      Structures Engineer Interview

      Dec 29, 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at SpaceX

      Interview

      Initial interview is a phone screen prior to being brought onsite. Promising candidates are brought Tonite for a long, grueling interview focused on technical ability, culture fit, and quick thinking. Interview was a series of one on ones lasting 5 hours total.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      You are in a canoe in a pool. What happens to the water level when you throw in a rock? A beach ball?
      Answer question