Product Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at SpaceX with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Development Engineer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Product Development Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 18%
Background check: 18%
Presentation: 18%
Skills test: 9%
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Phone Screen followed by two 1:1 phone interviews with members of the team. Lasted half an hour and very to the point technical questions. Final round half-day onsite including presentation on a project and tour.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at SpaceX (Los Angeles, CA) in Aug 2021
Interview
Initial phone screen with recruiter, then tech screen by current employee. Then phone interview with manager. Then project presentation. If that goes well then on-site interviews with manager and team including technical explanations on your past work and technical questions from the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me about technical challenges their manufacturing lines were facing.