I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Oct 2020
Interview
Call from HR, followed by phone screening with other automation engineers, followed by phone screen with the lead engineer. At that point you are given a presentation prompt and flown out.
The team is fantastic. In the moment the questions seemed to not make sense, give it a day you'll figure it out. Thats the thing with genius. You don't realize it until after.
I'm thankful to everyone I interviewed with, I learned more from a rejection then my last few years in the field.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I respect them too much to give any away, they'll try to make it easy for you just relax and breathe.
had an initial recruiter screen over the phone, was more intense than your average phone screen. Follow up with hiring manager, lots of questions, Make sure to have a few STAR situations lined up.
I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Dec 2025
Interview
Recruiter phone screen, followed by a technical Codility take-home assessment, and then a series of onsite interviews with upper management and team members (some technical some behavioral). You present to a panel about your greatest technical achievements and then break off into 1 on 1 interviews afterwards
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe in detail your biggest technical achievements, the challenges you encountered and how you overcame them
Awkward interview, interview seemed unprepared a lot of awkward silences. Interview wasn’t sure what to ask me seemed like he was trying to come up with question ones the spot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Which of your projects did you have the most ownership over?
