Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Tesla with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 22 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Tesla overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Tesla as a Software Engineer Intern according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
Skills test: 22%
One on one interview: 17%
Group panel interview: 8%
Background check: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Presentation: 6%
Other: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla in Jul 2020
Interview
Initial phone round that went very well. It was a 30 min interview with a Product Manager.
Then I got a follow up Coding Challenge. This part was the worst.
Was given a challenge to build a complicated app within 4 hours. This is the worst experience I ever had. The team needs to really needs to Improve their hiring process.
Don't act like idiots. I wonder how they got their job in the 1st place
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Recruiter reached out in linkedin. There are 2 rounds 1 technical which includes 1 Leet code style question, few technical questions on OOPs, microservices. Second round is with the hiring manager where he explained about the team and asked me about my previous experience and explain a project in depth.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Apr 2025
Interview
The process was two rounds, both on-site as I was already in the area.
- Technical Interview, design an API to do XYZ
- Hiring manager round, behavioural and resume deep dive
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design an API to store some metrics with some example data