I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX
Interview
Very prompt and thorough interview process. I was not offered a position but I respected them for it. The day did go a bit long, starting with giving a presentation, then lunch, and then going on to one on one interviews for the next 5 hour. The one on one interviews will have regular engineers picking your brain until you don't know what you're talking about. If felt this was hit and miss as far as uncovering my technical expertise of what I DID know. But it was very effective at exposing what I didn't know. They'll pick your brain on a subject until you don't know what you're talking about. Over and over again. In the end it was a positive experience and I got a great tour of the rocket factory out of it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For EE you better know everything from the internals of an ADC, to signal processing, to power conversion, and high speed digital, or you're not going to make the cut.
For Initial phone interview: asked about why you applied/liked the company. Then rapid fire technical questions that were generally very basic. Some time for questions about the role and to describe a project that you worked on in the past.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Boca Chica and Medford Colonia, TX) in Mar 2025
Interview
It started with a resume screening and then another technical interview with the lead engineer who is working on the boosters for starship. And a lot of other things like that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One thing they asked me was the deflection of the beam that is on a fixed end and another at a free end.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Brownsville, TX) in Aug 2024
Interview
There was an initial phone screening with a recruiter, then a technical screening with the hiring manager, then flyout interview to the site with 1-1s with the hiring manager, recruiter, and different members of the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between different kinds of ceramic capacitors and what do the various ratings mean?