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Material Science Engineer Interview Questions
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If you are offered this position, would you prefer to do the job yourself or you would like to lead? Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
How have you applied materials engineering concepts in a hands-on role?
What is difference between pvd and cvd?
What appeals to you about the rotations aspect of the scheme
Phone screening was just questions about myself, why I was interested in SpaceX, some questions about my education, my past, things on my resume. Second interview started out behavioral and then quickly went into questions about my Master's program and my research very granular questions. The last interview was also very technical and scarring the only real question I remember was the final question about the Starlink (that's what I would have worked on) and interviewer asked presented me with the problem being faced with solar panels in space and what type of materials I would use to build new solar panel to improve the existing design and fix some of the problems that could occur in space
We offer two tracks for Core R&D: Manager and Fellow. Which do you see yourself choosing? What leadership experience do you have?
What experience do you have with securing funding, marketing new ideas, and dealing with failure? What's the most creative contribution that you've made on a research project?
Why did you choose this university or professor? Did you lead a project and what was the outcome?
Nothing unexpected really. What is the most important course you took? What is the project you worked on that you deem most successful?
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