I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Redondo Beach, CA) in Aug 2023
Interview
Quite difficult. Multiple interviews with a variety of different engineers. Takes a bit to get from the recruiter contact to an actual hiring manager. Would recommend study prior to your interview technical material that is directly applicable to the job role you are interviewing for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
College like questions were asked during a phone interview which made it difficult to answer and communicate.
First was with a lead engineer (technical), then with a recruiter (behavioral), then with another lead engineer (technical), future would have been on site. It was a very accelerated timeline and fast process.
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
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.
