Mechanism/Test Engineer Interview Experience - Torrance, California
Process
Regular SpaceX interviews, as always. It took me almost three weeks to talk to an engineer for the first round. Before this one, I had already been stood up by them for different positions four times:
- Position held, canceled.
- Offer sent to another guy.
- Nothing happened; I was just ghosted.
Questions
If you have two I-beams lying on the sides of a river as a bridge, and you have a car (known weight), how do you determine if the I-beams will fail when the car passes on them?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the SpaceX Mechanism/Test Engineer role in Torrance, California.
Success Rate
SpaceX's interview process for their Mechanism/Test Engineer roles in Torrance, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for SpaceX's Mechanism/Test Engineer interview process in Torrance, California.
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