I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Vandenberg AFB, CA) in Jan 2025
Interview
I had an overwhelmingly positive experience. There were four phone interviews then an in-person interview. The in-person interview was split into 3 parts: technical presentation, assessment and facility tour.
A lot of what I saw and was asked was covered by NDA, but know your fundamentals at all times.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There was a technical presentation for in-person interview, allow yourself plenty of time to prepare.
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.
