Automation 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Automation Engineer roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Automation Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
Skills test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Background check: 8%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 4%
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had an initial recruiter screen over the phone, was more intense than your average phone screen. Follow up with hiring manager, lots of questions, Make sure to have a few STAR situations lined up.
I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Dec 2025
Interview
Recruiter phone screen, followed by a technical Codility take-home assessment, and then a series of onsite interviews with upper management and team members (some technical some behavioral). You present to a panel about your greatest technical achievements and then break off into 1 on 1 interviews afterwards
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe in detail your biggest technical achievements, the challenges you encountered and how you overcame them
Awkward interview, interview seemed unprepared a lot of awkward silences. Interview wasn’t sure what to ask me seemed like he was trying to come up with question ones the spot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Which of your projects did you have the most ownership over?