Engineer Interview Experience - Boston, Massachusetts
January 1, 2017
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Phone technical interview. Asked questions about past projects that required detailed explanations of engineering principles used. Asked engineering questions involving concepts learned in past classes. Lasted about 40 minutes.
Questions
Describe how to determine stresses in a beam.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the SpaceX Engineer role in Boston, Massachusetts.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
SpaceX's interview process for their Engineer roles in Boston, Massachusetts is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive0%
Neutral0%
Negative100%
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for SpaceX's Engineer interview process in Boston, Massachusetts.
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1.0
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2.0
could be worse
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