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      Design Reliability Engineer Interview

      15 Nov 2022
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      I interviewed at SpaceX

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      First I had a phone screen with a recruiter. The job was for nearly the same job I was doing on a similar program at a competitor. I was pretty much a perfect fit the recruiter said. Then I had a really good call with the hiring manager, who also said I was a great fit. Then I got sent over to some weirdo for a technical screen. He asked me about 28 incredibly random questions, of which I calculated I got a 75% pass rate. Heard back from the automated system 2 days later that I was passed. The questions are posted below. I noticed not long after that this person was no longer with SpaceX, so perhaps others won't have a similar experience. The below questions took place across about 15 minutes or so.

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      Question 1

      1. What kind of form factor spring is in tape measure? 2. Modes of heat transfer 3. Cruise Speed of Airliner 4. Passenges in an airliner 5. Voltage of cell phone charger 6. Current draw of cell phone charger 7. Shear diagram 8. Breaking point of beam 9. Resonance of beam 10. Window condensation physics 11. Morning dew physics 12. Tape measure material 13. What happens when you roll out a tape measure? 14. Describe Window condensation in Arizona 15. Microwave wattage 16. Gears 17. Drill bit tolerance 18. Describe tape measure internals 19. Weight of car 20. Describe the physics of a bicycle chain 21. Design a bicycle, what is the failure point 22. Beam material for buckling 23. Most Expensive material to work with (aluminum, titanium, steel) 24. Torque wrench lug nut 25. Keypress force 26. Camera shutter speed 27. Coefficient of friction for rubber on dry asphalt 28. Frequency of human hearing
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