I applied through an employee referral. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA)
Interview
4 rounds of phone interviews: Recruiter, 2 Lead Engineers, and Sr. Engineering Manager.
Most of it was standard, but there were some more challenging, open-ended questions. They really want to test your Engineering First Principles, curiosity, and your thought process and questions when problem solving.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What are the three types of heat transfer? Given an example, is it conduction, convection, or radiation?