I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Bastrop, TX) in Jan 2024
Interview
Initial phone screening mostly talks about Starlink itself rather than my own experiences. Then 45min - 1hr long technical phone interview (not on zoom or over video). The interviewer sounded very uninterested though. I kept hearing very unprofessional loud sighs during the phone call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions regarding a scenario with tensile stresses, material choices, and one question about laminar vs turbulent flow.
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
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.
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.