Process
The interview consisted of two phone calls overall.
One was a 30-minute phone screening with someone from HR. The second call was an hour interview about my resume and any past experience with TPS.
Questions
Describe your leadership experience with project ownership.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the SpaceX Associate Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
80%
Pass Rate
SpaceX's interview process for their Associate Engineer roles in the United States is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive80%
Neutral20%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for SpaceX's Associate Engineer interview process in United States.
SpaceX Work Experiences
4.0
Fast paced, learned a lot
Associate Engineer • Former Employee
Hawthorne, CA
April 8, 2025
Pros: High ownership of projects, extremely fast paced work, little hierarchy between engineers, and nice office benefits
Cons: High stress work (especially whenever launches are coming up), and the personalities of some engineers that might rub off the wrong way
4.0
SpaceX review
Engineering Intern • Current Employee
Hawthorne, CA
March 17, 2025
Pros: As an intern, you receive ownership over projects, make valuable contributions to the company, and get to apply and learn actual engineering skills.
Cons: You will work overtime, and stay at work for 11-12 hours a day.
2.0
Sink or Swim (usually sink)
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, WA
April 2, 2025
Pros: Full end-to-end ownership of work.
Work with extremely skilled people.
Diversify skills.
The work is constantly changing.
Cons: You get pulled in many directions at once and are expected to execute at the highest level for all of them.
You rarely get the time to stop and get really good at one thing, and are often too spread out.
Everyone is being pulled in many directions, which results in a stressful and often blunt/harsh environment.
There are barely any women...
- 4.0Fast paced, learned a lotAssociate Engineer • Former EmployeeHawthorne, CAApril 8, 2025Pros: High ownership of projects, extremely fast paced work, little hierarchy between engineers, and nice office benefitsCons: High stress work (especially whenever launches are coming up), and the personalities of some engineers that might rub off the wrong way
- 4.0SpaceX reviewEngineering Intern • Current EmployeeHawthorne, CAMarch 17, 2025Pros: As an intern, you receive ownership over projects, make valuable contributions to the company, and get to apply and learn actual engineering skills.Cons: You will work overtime, and stay at work for 11-12 hours a day.
- 2.0Sink or Swim (usually sink)Software Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, WAApril 2, 2025Pros: Full end-to-end ownership of work. Work with extremely skilled people. Diversify skills. The work is constantly changing.Cons: You get pulled in many directions at once and are expected to execute at the highest level for all of them. You rarely get the time to stop and get really good at one thing, and are often too spread out. Everyone is being pulled in many directions, which results in a stressful and often blunt/harsh environment. There are barely any women...
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