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      Manufacturing Engineer Interview

      6 Jul 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Hawthorne, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Apr 2016

      Interview

      The process started with an unscheduled phone interview with a technical recruiter. She asked me a list of about 10 questions about general physics principles regarding the position I had applied to (~30 min). Next was a 45 min phone interview with the lead engineer for the position I applied for. He asked me much more open ended, engineering questions. Most of them had to do with the basic principles taught in college and how they pertained to projects that I had worked on either in school or in internships (beam bending, stress/strain, vibrations, equations of motion, etc.). The process concluded with an on site interview that lasted ~4 hours with a 30 min technical presentation on a school/internship project. And 4, 30 min interviews with members of the team I was applied to. Half of the interviews were about my technical/engineering accomplishments where I was asked to specifically explain the engineering principles behind them. The other half were about my work style/desire to work at SpaceX/teamwork experience.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What do you need to know to slow down an object moving towards you?
      1 Answer
      13

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      Manufacturing Engineer Interview

      24 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX

      Interview

      Phone screen with recruiter followed by two phone calls with engineers and then an on-site interview where you present a presentation on a topic of your choice. Also other technical interviews on site as well.
      1

      Manufacturing Engineer Interview

      15 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Hawthorne, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA)

      Interview

      Got reached out to by a recruiter on LinkedIn. Setting up an interview time was easy. The first interview screening was basically describing your past experiences. The second interview is technical. Whole process took a week.

      Manufacturing Engineer Interview

      26 Feb 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Hawthorne, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA)

      Interview

      Technical interview, pretty simple beam questions. Interview with lead engineer was about different machining/bonding techniques. Not a bad process. The recruiter was pretty responsive. Did not get another interview after interview with lead.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      If you applied a point load on a beam at the end, at which point does the beam experience the highest stress?
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