Engineering Intern 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 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering Intern roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 41 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 Engineering Intern according to 41 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 39%
Skills test: 26%
One on one interview: 18%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 4%
Other: 2%
Personality test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Presentation: 2%
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Interview process was good and smooth
. It consisted of 3 rounds. The questions were a combination of general technical questions, project related technical questions, and two or so behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where is the point of highest stress when a cantilever is loaded downward at the far edge of the beam?
2 technical rounds, both were 45 minutes long. Asked basic engineering questions (cantallevered beam, flow through a pipe, hydraulics) and increasingly got difficult. Must know first princple engineering to pass interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cantallevered beam, pressure of a pipe with varrying area, hydraulics questions
Strong focus on resume and past projects, be ready to talk through any and all concepts listed. They will ask for reasoning behind your choices and drill deep into experiences,