I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Jul 2021
Interview
I received an email from a sourcer for a phone screening. I was expecting to learn more about the job and then be sent on to a hiring manager for questions, he jumped right into technical questions and was completely unprepared. It didn't help that I was also in the midst of dealing with a larger presentation for my current job. It was not my most glorious moment
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
What is the relationship between stress and strain
If you have an electrical component in a vacuum with an aluminum rod connected to it and out of the vacuum, and the component was overheating, what would you do to prevent the component from overheating.
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
Rigorous but fairly reasonable in my experience. The technical problems often has a twist but if you have strong fundamentals you should be able to perform well. The recruiter and interviewers I interacted with are all very nice people.
4 rounds, 1 with technical recruiter, 1 with engineer, 1 with manager, and onsite. first 3 are over the phone. onsite was the challenge, consists of presentation, one-on-ones, and tour.
