I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX in Jul 2024
Interview
Technical questions were asked during preliminary first call with recruiter, despite not being mentioned during email. Took a few days to receive a response. Did not get past first stage of interview.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Aug 2024
Interview
I was reached out to by a recruiter. Had an initial phone call with the recruiter gauging interest which was followed by a phone screen also with the recruiter. Then had a technical interview with hiring manager. Interviewer was late to 2/3 interviews, was only more than 10 minutes one time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a project you worked on in a professional environment, and go over problems/shortcomings you saw, as well as provide (ideally numeric) results/achievments made.
Candidates applying for Mechanisms Engineer roles take an average of 29 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 Mechanisms Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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