I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at SpaceX (Los Angeles, CA) in Nov 2016
Interview
Met the HR at the SpaceX info session at my university. Had a wonderful chat with her. Gave my resume. Got contacted by phone more than a month later considering me for Fall 2017 internship opportunity. Scheduled a Technical Phone interview. Got contacted on the scheduled date. Had a 25-minute conversation with the manager discussing mostly my background, projects, and other technical experiences.
4-5 Calls with technical and behavioral recruiter followed by design project (4-5 hrs of work) and final interview on site. Technical questions required thought and coursework to answer successfully. Design project was a serious undertaking that took more time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Draw the thermal resistance circuit for a starlink dish.
I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at SpaceX in Aug 2021
Interview
Reached out to a recruiter who set me up for an interview with a Starlink engineer. Went okay, asked a few technical questions and a few behavioural questions. Was a little informal but overall not the worst interview in the world.
Fast-paced interview with many technical questions. Started off with questions about my resume and past experience then transitioned to a mix of technical mechanical design questions. Nothing was terribly difficult there was just a large variety in the kinds of questions asked and their specific topics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Failure mechanisms for cylindrical pressure vessels.