I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
Submitted application online, was screened by a recruiter in a 10 minutes phone call, set up an interview over the phone with the manager who I would be working under if the job was offered. One 45 minute phone interview in which we went over the job description, what I would be doing if I was hired, my employment history and skills, and then asked some questions (which you will see below). Though the interviewer said mean time from phone interview to acceptance of offer was 4 weeks, I was offered the job 2 hours after I hung up, and then accepted within 2 business days.
The interview had quite a few technical questions regarding fundamental mechanical engineering principles along with some brain teaser questions. The recruiter was very quick at getting back to me. The interviewers were technical leads in their role.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Atlanta, GA) in Nov 2021
Interview
It was quite a fun experience. I didn't really go into it with many high hopes as I am only a freshman in college but I know how to sell myself and I found it almost like a conversation with the recruiter to learn more about SpaceX.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about SpaceX and what brings you to SpaceX?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX
Interview
Applied online; interviewed with several teams, one of which sent me an offer after talking to their manager and one other team member. All the stages were either 30min or 45min phone interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They try to ride the fine line between technical questions and conceptual/creative ones. They also like questions that start with "How many ways can you think of to...". When you interview with multiple teams they each tend to ask about similar parts of your projects and experiences, so it does get a little bit repetitive.