I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Redmond, WA) in May 2025
Interview
Keep Asking very industry specific questions that they have no experience with, and when I try to explain to them seems to confuse them, didn't ask what I did, just ask how it works, and get confused.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How does this advance sensor you spent your whole career working on work?
Multiple rounds of interviews ending with an all day onsite interview. Asked questions about background, classic textbook problems, and coworker interactions. Very technical and difficult. Lots of time spent trying to understand your thought process
4 rounds, 1 with technical recruiter, 1 with engineer, 1 with manager, and onsite. first 3 are over the phone. onsite was the challenge, consists of presentation, one-on-ones, and tour.
Rigorous but fairly reasonable in my experience. The technical problems often has a twist but if you have strong fundamentals you should be able to perform well. The recruiter and interviewers I interacted with are all very nice people.
