I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at SpaceX (New York, NY) in Oct 2022
Interview
Two interviews with team lead and other engineer. First interview was a resume round where they went through all my projects and the second round was more technical and asked by the engineer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your favorite project in your resume? Explain how you worked on it and why?
The interviewers were cold and disrespectful. There was no rapport despite good answers to questions. They used a condescending tone if I asked a clarifying question. Would not recommend - so negative despite being invited back for another interview round.
Pretty straightforward. They just asked some standard questions regarding previous work experiences, academics, etc. There were also technical questions typical of RF engineering involving Smith charts and impedances, and whatnot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about the impedance of free-space, for example.
Started with a brief screening call. The second call was a technical interview where the interviewer went deep on resume and asked lots of questions relating to my projects. I think it's important to have side projects to land an interview at some of these companies, because they like to see interest outside of school.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Noise Figure, Power, Antenna Radiation, etc.
- What are the different factors to consider when designing a specific wireless system (related directly to one of my projects)? Be prepared to explain each one of these factors and how to design for it.