I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Apr 2021
Interview
Three interviews in total: a short 30 min interview with recruiter, a 30 minute technical interview with the hiring manager, and an onsite interview with the team. The first interview was just a general overview of the process and to provide some additional information on the job role. Second interview was pure technical questions regarding thermodynamics and fluiddynamics, which took me by surprise and felt like a oral pop quiz that I didn't study for. The manager was also very condescending when answers were incorrect. I did not make it to the final interview, but after the second interview I no longer wanted to work for the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical topics included: Pipe flow for incompressible and compressible fluids, friction loss in a pipe, Gas laws (ideal vs. non ideal), reynolds number, pump design, pump sizing, tank design, refrigeration cycle, etc.
interview process was long and tedious. started with a recruiter screening, minimal technical questions, then moved to a hiring manager technical interview, following this was a technical presentation to a panel of engineers, i was then brought on site for an interview which included another pannel interview, site walkaround and questioning, then a written multiple choise mechanical assessmnet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
shear and moment diagrams, fluid basics, pipe flow, compressible flow.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at SpaceX (Cape Canaveral, FL) in Nov 2025
Interview
The interview started with 15 minute going through your past project / experiences. Followed up with 15 minute rapid fire technical questions (3 questions including topics from mechanical, fluids, and FEA)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If your FEA tells you the part fails, do you trust it?
The first round was a technical interview with lots of rapid fire technical questions. It was over the phone which made it hard to stop and think about how to answer each question.
