SpaceX interview question

Have you worked on an engineering project that failed?

Interview Answer

Anonymous

16 Jun 2022

Discussed an R&D project from my time working in pharma manufacturing. The I developed a method to simply the delivery of parts to the line but through testing it the success rate was not high enough because of the shape of the packaging of the material. I explained my oversight in not considering the packaging. I also address how hard it is to change packaging when you have a well established supply chain that is not flexible.