I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Sept 2025
Interview
Tow phone calls, one with mentor another with manager. Rapid fire questions and scenarios testing how you would handle different situations. Asked basic physics principles such as Electromagnetic waves, solid state physics questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me a previous work experience you've had to trouble shoot and what did you do.
First round phone screen, second round technical interview. Phone screen was a vibe e-check to make sure my resume was legit and I was passionate. Passed both interviews, they asked for availability for a third round interview, but I got ghosted after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how you would control a large load from a micro controller.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Dec 2023
Interview
There were two interviews one with the senior head and the other with the head of the department that you are going to intern for. The first one was more technical for me, while the second was more personal with more hypothetical scenario questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why SpaceX and why this project?
Previous experience/employment questions
General work ethic questions
