Mechanical Design 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 42% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Design Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 31 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 Mechanical Design Engineer according to 31 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 16%
Group panel interview: 10%
Presentation: 9%
Personality test: 5%
Other: 3%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2023
Interview
First Recruiter Call for 30 mins
Second Technical Call for 45 mins
Third Technical Call for 45 mins
Onsite - whole day consist of 5 rounds including project presentation and HR round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First Recruiter Call- basic HR questions
Second Technical Call - mostly about resume
Third Technical Call - Again about resume and basic mechanical questions
Onsite - 5 different technical interviews and project presentation
I went through the first interview round. It was a 30 min phone call with mostly behavioral and some technical questions. Going through resume and elaborating on flagship project. Practice technical questions that would be similar for the next round interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
From your resume, what would you say is your flagship project?
Interview with recruiter then two rounds with hiring manager and someone on the team. Then a final panel round full day with a bunch of people, project presentation and 1-1 interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cantilever beam question - ideal cross section under different loading conditions
I had an interview which was a 30 Minute phone call with a recruiter of the technical variety, which was as expected of a first round interview. Then, I had conducted a second interview, this time of the 45 minute variety.