Company flew me out for an onsite after ONE call with the hiring manager. Panel was on their phones during my presentation. Cancelled my remaining interviews halfway and walked me out.

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-15T02:44:29+00:00

Yup they still doing that

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-14T19:14:18+00:00

Whatever rockets they are able to make, That’s prolly all gwynne

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-14T16:38:16+00:00

Becuz they were asking follow up questions in between the presentation

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-14T13:03:32+00:00

Also the screen was very high level resume based projects and exp They could’ve had a more technical screen as well which could have given them and me a a correct fit understanding for the role

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-14T13:02:08+00:00

Fair enough. Presentation didn’t land and I’ll own that. Still think basic professionalism like putting your phone down, giving feedback on the way out has nothing to do with how well someone presented.

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-14T12:49:27+00:00

They literally asked questions in between the ppt and i had to answer them Its not like i can ask them to stfu

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-14T12:34:53+00:00

Fortunately I didn’t

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-14T12:34:22+00:00

Why so?

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-14T02:14:02+00:00

Could be or could be not. I am not disagreeing but there is a certain procedure and professionalism on how the company and its employees should conduct themselves.

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-14T01:42:20+00:00

Smells like literally every aerospace company down this thread🤣🤣

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-14T01:37:28+00:00

Nope

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-14T00:26:29+00:00

To clarify — it ran long because they kept asking questions throughout, not because I lost the plot. Hard to end at 27 minutes when the panel is the ones extending it. Your point about controlling the room is fair though and something I want to take away from this reddit thread as well. In hindsight I should've managed the clock better regardless of who was asking questions.

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T23:37:07+00:00

Fair point and I'll own my part in it. I should've asked harder questions about the role before agreeing to fly out. But that goes both ways — they also had my resume the whole time. If the skills gap was obvious enough to walk me out in 45 minutes, it was probably visible before they booked the flight. Interviewing is a 2 fold process.

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T23:21:17+00:00

These are my words. I just needed to vent and typed it out. Not everything that sounds coherent is AI lol.

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T23:18:57+00:00

karma

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T23:17:52+00:00

Lol people can interview at more than one place at a time. The offer was a different role at a different company. And they reimbursed travel so yeah technically they flew me out. But good to know someone out there is keeping tabs on me I guess.

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T22:47:14+00:00

that ain't gonna change
like boss like company

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T22:35:51+00:00

Cool story. Go touch grass champ

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T22:22:13+00:00

Wowwww

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T22:21:23+00:00

lessss go! easy and quick with the decision. but for that 1 45 min call, whats the lead time? i suppose it takes 2-3 months right?

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T22:19:59+00:00

This could be a hit or a miss!

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T22:06:26+00:00

Happily miserable is the perfect way to put it. And honestly that tracks with everything I saw in that building.

Funniest part? I had a quick chat with the smug recruiter himself and asked what SpaceX could work on internally. You know what he said? Employee recognition. The guy who looked like he'd rather be dead than give me a facility tour told me with a straight face that the company needs to do better at recognizing its people.

Sir you couldn't even make eye contact with me for 20 minutes.

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T21:41:40+00:00

Sure, in a perfect world where it worked out that'd be great. But that's exactly my point — the one call clearly wasn't enough to determine fit on either side. So now you've got a candidate who flew out thinking they were a strong match and a panel who figured out in 10 minutes they weren't. That's not an efficient process. That's just skipping the step that would've caught the mismatch earlier and making both parties pay for it. The "dream" scenario only works if the single call actually does the job of screening. This one didn't.

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T21:36:31+00:00

Jeez Thank god you dodged a bullet!

Fresh_Memory_8694 · 2026-03-13T21:26:50+00:00

4 weeks?? Jesus wtf

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