SpaceX Mechanical Engineering Intern interview questions

Overall, the process was extremely smooth and quick. The interviews were more difficult than average, but not unreasonable. I was contacted by a recruiter for a Starlink team in Redmond, WA. I was initially interviewing for a full time position, but I transitioned to an internship (with potential for a full time position) after expressing interest during my interview with the manager. I had 3 phone interviews: Screening: Introduction, basic questions about my resume, and some technical questions (don't overthink these - I went into some design concepts, but the recruiter also wanted me to specifically give simple textbook answers) Manager: Half technical, half deep dive into my resume and projects. Be prepared to go into detailed specifics of your contributions in projects and work, including engineering fundamentals, measurable improvements, and next steps. They will ask about your assumptions and challenge them. My technical questions were related to heat transfer and mechanics. Team Member: Another deep dive into one of my projects - I was steered towards talking about different concepts than my discussion with the manager (mechanical fundamentals instead of thermo/fluids/heat). The whole process took less than a month - the recruiter was very communicative during the whole process.

it was great and i learned a lot since as a freshman i haven’t covered a lot of the material needed for these technical interviews. the interviewers were understanding though