Recruiter scheduled an interview. Failed to show up to the interview. Failed to respond to my follow up. I applied to a different position a week and got another interview where they did show up. Some recruiters can be a hit or a miss.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the requirements for combustion to happen?
Had a screener followed by four separate interviews with different people on the team. Three were technical, the last one was a presentation I gave to a panel and then received questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had built a balancing table with a resistive touch pad on top of it. You could place a ball on it and it would balance the ball in the center. They asked how the system would respond if you hung a heavy weight from one side of the table.
I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Brownsville, TX)
Interview
Asked technical questions regarding basic college engineering fundamentals, asked engineering portfolio questions regarding previous internship and project experiences, and asked hypotheticals based on what areas were owned on those projects.
First was with a lead engineer (technical), then with a recruiter (behavioral), then with another lead engineer (technical), future would have been on site. It was a very accelerated timeline and fast process.
Mechanical 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 46% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Engineer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 155 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 Mechanical Engineer according to 155 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
Skills test: 16%
One on one interview: 16%
Presentation: 12%
Group panel interview: 9%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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