The interview process took some time. I wanted to inform you reading this: I have not had an interview in over 12 years, so I might have been a little rusty. Remember to prepare yourself and do your research on the company.

During the whole process, I had a Technical Recruiter keeping me informed of the progress and back-briefing me on my interviews. I had several phone interviews that went well. I was asked to come to an in-person interview, and they provided a hotel for the night prior, which was very nice and close to the Hawthorne facility. I was reimbursed for the miles driven to and from the interview.

While I was there, I had separate 1-on-1 interviews with several co-workers, managers, and engineers. All were in 30-minute segments, and most had different questions because they all would interact with the position in a different way. All of them were polite, and none of their questions really shocked me; only a few were ones I had not dealt with, but I informed them of that.

They all seemed very happy to work at SpaceX, even with the long hours and working weekends, with a sense of pride that could be felt during the entire interview with each of them. I really enjoyed the tour of the facility; it just makes you want to work there even more.

All the in-person interviews went well. I had two more phone interviews with three different people. I myself prefer to have in-person interviews because I am less nervous, so the phone interviews did not feel as good to me as the previous ones.

After over a month of going through the interview process, I was informed of the job offer an hour after my last phone interview. Overall, I would say it was a positive experience for me.

If you do not have anything outstanding about yourself and do not know how to talk highly of yourself, you will have a very difficult time. Hopefully, this helps you. Good luck.

Give me an example of when you messed up at work, and how did you prevent it from happening again.

What have you done that is extraordinary?

What do you bring to SpaceX?

What tools have you used to perform precise measurements?

Are you able to work both shifts and weekends?