I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at SpaceX in Dec 2020
Interview
I had 2 interviews both about content on my resume. The second was with a manager that included some technical questions. I got rescheduled twice, the first time the interviewer just did not call. Second time, the interviewer was 10 minutes late. I was for some reason contacted by a new HR person for reschedule as well which made it confusing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where would a pressurized metal canister fail?
Given a canteliever beam, where would the highest stress be?
Given aluminum sheet metal with a hole in it and steel nut and bolt screwed to it, how would know how much torque to apply in this system?
What would happen if you place this aluminum sheet metal and the steel nut and bolt in liquid nitrogen?
I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Brownsville, TX)
Interview
Asked technical questions regarding basic college engineering fundamentals, asked engineering portfolio questions regarding previous internship and project experiences, and asked hypotheticals based on what areas were owned on those projects.
First was with a lead engineer (technical), then with a recruiter (behavioral), then with another lead engineer (technical), future would have been on site. It was a very accelerated timeline and fast process.
Multiple rounds of interviews ending with an all day onsite interview. Asked questions about background, classic textbook problems, and coworker interactions. Very technical and difficult. Lots of time spent trying to understand your thought process