I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at SpaceX (Brownsville, TX) in Feb 2026
Interview
In person interview at my university with an engineer who was on campus for a recruiting visit. Asked me to talk about a project from my resume, and then asked me three technical questions.
Neutral experience
Difficult interview
Application
I interviewed at SpaceX (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
Multiple rounds of interviews ending with an all day onsite interview. Asked questions about background, classic textbook problems, and coworker interactions. Very technical and difficult. Lots of time spent trying to understand your thought process
Rigorous but fairly reasonable in my experience. The technical problems often has a twist but if you have strong fundamentals you should be able to perform well. The recruiter and interviewers I interacted with are all very nice people.
4 rounds, 1 with technical recruiter, 1 with engineer, 1 with manager, and onsite. first 3 are over the phone. onsite was the challenge, consists of presentation, one-on-ones, and tour.
