I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at SpaceX in Jan 2016
Interview
I get into interview by an internal referral. Thus, I am not sure about the position yet.
First interview was with rec. and was very general about my background and situation. Then I got a second interview with manager of a specific group. The rec. mentioned the interview will be "technical" and she mentioned: "be ready!". The second interview was technical, but it was about the previous projects and research I have worked on. The interviewer was great. He introduced his group and their work during first 5-10 minutes and that killed the entire stressful situation :) The interview length was about 40 minutes and I am still waiting for the outcome.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Provide me a general overview about your resume that you submit to us?
- What was your previous research project on?
- How do you feel like working on topics that are not relevant to your expertise?
- Which project you want to work on if you get hired? [The answer depends on the background of group that was provided.]
- Why working at SpaceX? [This has been mentioned by other fellows, so really think about it.]