Electrical Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at SpaceX with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Electrical Engineer roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at SpaceX overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at SpaceX as a Electrical Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA)
Interview
Behavioral questions like why do you want to work at SpaceX? Tell me about a project you are proud of and what you worked on? What design tradeoffs did you make? Then some quick, simple, technical questions at the end.
Other Electrical Engineer Interview Reviews for SpaceX
Very heavy interview- was drilled on all sorts of EE topics, and asked many follow up questions based on my answers. Still waiting to hear back. Topics ranged from filter design, MOSFET basics, embedded systems, etc.
I applied online. I interviewed at SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
Some basic behavioral questions and some basic technical questions, Asked about my previous work experience and inquired about why I want to work at Space X. Also gave a description of the job and the team I was applying for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where would you place a capacitor as a decoupler in a circuit?