Reliability Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at SpaceX with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Reliability Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Reliability Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Other: 10%
Personality test: 10%
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I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Call, TX)
Interview
Tedious with a lack of actual work being discussed, unfortunately lacks the ability to help us develop and convey our skills through an intensive interview by someone with the same skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the tensile strength of the material in a steel cylinder?
I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA)
Interview
very fast 1 month to onsite interview that resulted in no offer but a positive experience over all and was something I would be open to again and would say others should try
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Jul 2025
Interview
The initial phone screening was just basic questions, as well as going through experience. It was difficult to hear the interviewer over their background noise. He was also kind of rude.
First interview was done by HR - 30 min, 2nd behavioral interview was done by hiring manager, 3rd technical interview was done by senior engineer. There is final interview but I didn’t get one