Candidatei-me online. Fiz uma entrevista na empresa SpaceX.
Entrevista
I submitted my resume online and got an email a couple days later from a technical recruiter asking to set up an interview. The first interview was a typical 20-30 minute HR screening interview with a couple technical brainteasers at the end (If I increase the mass on the end of a cantilever beam, what happens to the natural frequency?).
Apparently, I did well enough on the screening interview and they emailed me a take-home project immediately after the first phone interview.
The take-home test was challenging, but reasonable and I submitted a fairly lengthy report/CAD model to the recruiter. There was technically a 4 hour time limit on the project, but the recruiter was flexible and allowed me to spread the work out over a couple of days.
Within a couple hours of submitting the take-home project, I got an email asking to schedule a technical phone interview.
I had a 45 minute technical phone interview with a Lead Mechanical Engineer in the Avionics division and I thought we hit it off pretty well. The interview consisted of walking through my resume and answering "How did you solve this?" type of questions to make sure I actually did what I said I did. Then, we walked through my take-home project submission and he asked some tolerance stackup questions and probed me for more details on how I would implement my design.
A couple days after the phone interview, I got a call from the technical recruiter saying that they would not be moving forward. Supposedly I lacked "technical depth" and they needed someone who could "take the reins" immediately instead of having to grow into the position.
Overall, the process was fair, the interviewers were friendly to chat with, and the recruiter was very good about getting things scheduled and respecting my time. I think they were looking for someone with more vibration/fatigue analysis experience, so I didn't get the job, but I enjoyed the process and take it as a valuable learning experience.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
If I increase the mass on the end of a cantilever beam, what happens to the natural frequency?
Fiz uma entrevista na empresa SpaceX (Seattle, WA).
Entrevista
I went through the first interview round. It was a 30 min phone call with mostly behavioral and some technical questions. Going through resume and elaborating on flagship project. Practice technical questions that would be similar for the next round interview.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
From your resume, what would you say is your flagship project?
Interview with recruiter then two rounds with hiring manager and someone on the team. Then a final panel round full day with a bunch of people, project presentation and 1-1 interviews.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Cantilever beam question - ideal cross section under different loading conditions
I had an interview which was a 30 Minute phone call with a recruiter of the technical variety, which was as expected of a first round interview. Then, I had conducted a second interview, this time of the 45 minute variety.