SpaceX Avionics Hardware Engineer Full-Time Four-Month Interview Process

Role: Avionics Hardware Development Engineer
Result: No offer
Interview time: January 2013
Report time: February 2013
Location: Hawthorne, California
Application channel: Online application
Process length: About four months
Experience rating: Positive
Difficulty: Difficult

Interview process

1. Technical phone interviews were conducted by relevant team members.
2. Candidates who passed the phone rounds were invited onsite.
3. The onsite included a technical presentation and one-on-one interviews with team members.
4. The onsite occupied most of the day.

The candidate reported that post-onsite communication could be slow and that teams appeared to select for a very specific fit with the open role.

Reported discussion topic

One question concerned the level of responsibility assumed even by entry-level developers.

The source does not preserve the remaining technical questions or the exact decision interval.