An Interview in SpaceX
The SpaceX hiring model places some emphasis on getting top marks from top schools. However, most of the attention is given to spotting Engineers with type A personality traits. The company's recruiters look for people who might excel at robot building competitions or who are car racing hobbyists who have built unusual vehicles. The objective is to find individuals who ooze passion, can work well as a part of a team, and have real life experiences bending metal.
Like many tech companies, SpaceX subjects in a series
of tests and interviews. Some of the interviews are easy going chats where both parties get to feel each other; others are filled with quizzes which are quite hard. Engineers tend to to face the rigorous interrogations, although business types and salesman are made to suffer, too. Coders are expected to pass through standard challenges have rude awakenings. Companies will typically challenge software developers on the spot by asking them to solve problems that require a couple of dozen lines of code. All potential employees who make their way to the end of the interview process then handle one more task. They're asked to write an essay for Musk about why they want to work at SpaceX.
The reward for solving the puzzles, acting clever in interviews, and penning up a good essay is a meeting with Musk. He interviewed almost everyone of SpaceX's first thousand hires, including the janitors and technicians, and has continued to interview the Engineers as the company's work force swelled. Each employee receives a warning before going to meet with Musk. The interview, he or she is told, could last anywhere from 30 seconds to 15 minutes. Elon will likely keep on writing emails and working during the initial part of the interview and not speak much. Don't panic. That's normal. Eventually, he will turn around in his chair to face you. Even then, though, he might not make actual eye contact with you or fully acknowledge your presence. Don't panic. That's
normal. In due course, he will speak to you.
From that point, the tales of Engineers who have interviewed with Musk run the gamut from torturous experiences to the sublime.
Like many tech companies, SpaceX subjects in a series
of tests and interviews. Some of the interviews are easy going chats where both parties get to feel each other; others are filled with quizzes which are quite hard. Engineers tend to to face the rigorous interrogations, although business types and salesman are made to suffer, too. Coders are expected to pass through standard challenges have rude awakenings. Companies will typically challenge software developers on the spot by asking them to solve problems that require a couple of dozen lines of code. All potential employees who make their way to the end of the interview process then handle one more task. They're asked to write an essay for Musk about why they want to work at SpaceX.
The reward for solving the puzzles, acting clever in interviews, and penning up a good essay is a meeting with Musk. He interviewed almost everyone of SpaceX's first thousand hires, including the janitors and technicians, and has continued to interview the Engineers as the company's work force swelled. Each employee receives a warning before going to meet with Musk. The interview, he or she is told, could last anywhere from 30 seconds to 15 minutes. Elon will likely keep on writing emails and working during the initial part of the interview and not speak much. Don't panic. That's normal. Eventually, he will turn around in his chair to face you. Even then, though, he might not make actual eye contact with you or fully acknowledge your presence. Don't panic. That's
normal. In due course, he will speak to you.
From that point, the tales of Engineers who have interviewed with Musk run the gamut from torturous experiences to the sublime.
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