I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in May 2015
Interview
Initial phone screening consisted of a set of stock fluids/mechanical questions. This was followed by a group phone interview where 3-5 engineers asked me some technical questions followed by questions about myself and my experience. The final day of interviews was on-site and started with a presentation/Q&A session followed by several one-on-one interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A few of your standard tricky interview questions. They also asked me to provide an example of a time when I was a "self-starter."
interview process was long and tedious. started with a recruiter screening, minimal technical questions, then moved to a hiring manager technical interview, following this was a technical presentation to a panel of engineers, i was then brought on site for an interview which included another pannel interview, site walkaround and questioning, then a written multiple choise mechanical assessmnet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
shear and moment diagrams, fluid basics, pipe flow, compressible flow.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at SpaceX (Cape Canaveral, FL) in Nov 2025
Interview
The interview started with 15 minute going through your past project / experiences. Followed up with 15 minute rapid fire technical questions (3 questions including topics from mechanical, fluids, and FEA)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If your FEA tells you the part fails, do you trust it?
The first round was a technical interview with lots of rapid fire technical questions. It was over the phone which made it hard to stop and think about how to answer each question.
