SpaceX Automation Engineer interview questions
Updated Apr 8, 2026Difficulty
Difficult
Experience
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SpaceX interviews FAQs
- Automation Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at SpaceX with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Automation Engineer roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at SpaceX overall takes an average of 29 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at SpaceX as a Automation Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Background check: 8%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
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