I was flown to the Hawthorne office to give a one-hour technical presentation, followed by eleven 30-minute interviews.

Some of the interviews were technical, and some were personality-based. Four of them involved me going down to the factory floor to discuss various components of the rocket. The rest of the interviews took place in a small conference room with whiteboard walls.

Most of the interviewers had me explaining past projects, and the whiteboards were a huge help. I met people who would be on my future team, including my future manager.

I interviewed with everyone from brand-new employees (4 weeks in) to a VP who had been there for 10 years.

Tell me about a time that you messed up, and what you did to fix it.

Down on the factory floor, I was asked things like, "What is this? What does it do? How was it made? And why did we make it that way?"

Very open-ended, but it gave a lot of room to show off analytical and problem-solving skills.