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      Manufacturing Engineer Interview

      Jun 13, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Hawthorne, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Dec 2022

      Interview

      5 total interviews: 4 phone calls and 1 in-person presentation in front of the engineering team. The first three phone calls were positive and I enjoyed the people I spoke with. The last phone call was negative. The interviewer forgot she had already interviewed me and was unprepared for the interview. Phone calls overall were very fast paced and interviewers seemed to be in a rush. The in-person presentation was difficult to schedule. They told me I needed to do it within two weeks even after I had mentioned I was currently starting finals week and a trip planned after finals week. I presented on my finals week and brought samples of my own work to show all for the engineering team to be late to my interview and not even introduce themselves to me. Engineering team was very condescending. After my 30 minute presentation they put me in a room and said the team would come to a decision. 5 minutes later the recruiter told me they would not be moving forward with me. This was particularly frustrating as I was promised in my scheduling email that I would have 1-on1's with each member of the engineering team and I wasn't even given that after I had driven an hour to the site for the interview. Team was not very understanding of by amateur student project experience and did not seem to understand time, money, and deadline constraints. They had also told me to bring copies of my resume which when I offered the team they said they already had it in an email.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      - Present on the project you are most proud of - How do you know a glue I hand to you is strong enough? - How do yo validate broken crew capsule panels for flight? - What was a time where you disagreed with someone on something and how did you handle the situation?
      Answer question
      2

      Other Manufacturing Engineer Interview Reviews for SpaceX

      Manufacturing Engineer Interview

      Apr 24, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX

      Interview

      Phone screen with recruiter followed by two phone calls with engineers and then an on-site interview where you present a presentation on a topic of your choice. Also other technical interviews on site as well.
      1

      Manufacturing Engineer Interview

      Apr 15, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Hawthorne, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Manufacturing Engineer Interview

      Feb 26, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Hawthorne, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

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