I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Feb 2024
Interview
Very disorganised process and difficult to contact recruiters and get responses. Had initial interview with the recruiter but never heard back from them. Overall it was a disappointing experience and did not reflect well on the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe an example of when you managed a technical project.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
3 30 min remote interviews, 1 30min presentation about one thing you have done and 6 30 min interviews on site. A very long process that makes it difficult to follow
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Multiple interview stages, the recruiters and hiring managers lack professional.
I got first video interview rescheduled 3 times not because of me because the hiring manager kept forgetting and missing about the interview.
This isn't the first time I interviewed for Tesla, same thing happened again when I interviewed for them 2 years ago for another position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About my current role at my current company.
Basic interview questions for the position I was interviewing
First round online interview with the hiring manager. Then onsite panel interview with five interviewers in the team. The online and in-person one both are technical. HR is not efficient. Every other employees seem to be pretty professional!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why interested in being a TPM over a cell engineering role?
Technical Program Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Tesla with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 26% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Program Manager roles take an average of 52 days to get hired, when considering 23 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 Technical Program Manager according to 23 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 16%
Presentation: 15%
Background check: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 2%
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