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Name a component you've designed in Solidworks and describe why you designed it that way, how did that affect the manufacturing of that component, and how did your design affect the assembly process.
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Associate Mechanical Engineer

Interviewed at Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

4★
Dec 12, 2017

Name a component you've designed in Solidworks and describe why you designed it that way, how did that affect the manufacturing of that component, and how did your design affect the assembly process.

Technical questions may be unclear, or difficultly worded. Ask for clarification. Example: Where is the weakest point on a structural column. (which depends on column geometry, and if buckling is thee driving factor)
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Mechanical Design Engineer

Interviewed at SpaceX

3.8★
Aug 21, 2014

Technical questions may be unclear, or difficultly worded. Ask for clarification. Example: Where is the weakest point on a structural column. (which depends on column geometry, and if buckling is thee driving factor)

I was given a very interesting puzzle for the last round that I found a little odd given the actual duties of the role. The puzzle goes as follows: You are on a boat in the middle of a lake/ocean/pool (point being that the body of water is contained and no water moves in and out of the system.) On the boat, you are holding a ball. At this state, the water level is L0. Afterwards, you drop the ball into the water and it sinks into the water (fully submerged) until it hits the bottom. Given this change in the system, the water level is recorded as L1. The question is, is L1 less than, equal to, or greater than L0?
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Mechanical Engineering Intern

Interviewed at SpaceX

3.8★
May 18, 2021

I was given a very interesting puzzle for the last round that I found a little odd given the actual duties of the role. The puzzle goes as follows: You are on a boat in the middle of a lake/ocean/pool (point being that the body of water is contained and no water moves in and out of the system.) On the boat, you are holding a ball. At this state, the water level is L0. Afterwards, you drop the ball into the water and it sinks into the water (fully submerged) until it hits the bottom. Given this change in the system, the water level is recorded as L1. The question is, is L1 less than, equal to, or greater than L0?

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