Risk Losing Amazon Offer for SpaceX Position?
Dec 14, 2021
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Just got rejected from a SpaceX summer internship (5th internship position I’ve interviewed for and never got past the first round— genuinely have no idea what they want from me at this point).
Recruiter is interested in having me interview next week but with another team, but I already have a deadline for an Amazon internship offer that’s been extended to this week.
Should I ask for another extension, just take the Amazon offer now, or decline Amazon’s offer and risk getting rejected by SpaceX again?
*I’m a MechE major, that’s why SpaceX is my first choice.
*SpaceX position is manufacturing engineering while Amazon position is robotics project engineering
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I'm not sure which role is the better experience for your field, but if you've already done some time at Tesla you might want to see how a non-Elon (aka normal) company operates.
Doing well in your internship would mean a guaranteed new grad offer upon graduation. They’re really desperate for employees and will very easily convert a former intern.
Having SpaceX on your resume looks mediocre and it would look like having a defense contractor like Raytheon or NASA on your resume.
Speaking from the perspective of someone who’s interviewed candidates at VMW.
Edit: this advice is valid for SWE positions, not MechE. For MechE go for SpaceX. But Amazon will look just as good.
Amazon will find someone else tomorrow to replace you don't stress .
In addition if u get blacklisted as a result of this approach why would it matter since that would mean you've got your ideal job at spaceX .