The recruiter reached out to me after I applied to the job posting. I had Two rounds of the screening interview. One onsite interview along with a presentation of 15-20 mins long. After that interview with the director of the team.
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Questions asked on RTOS, and ARM processor architecture. Specifically about interrupts.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA)
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The recruitment process was very standard. starter call, screening calls and on-site. I didn't make it to onsite. Positive experience through out the process. No hold up, every questions answered clearly.
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design a thermal management systems. What/how would you troubleshoot based on given constraints.
Go through the project I did before and 3 coding questions by using C language, and ask behavior questions like Why Tesla? The whole process took 1 hour more or less
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pointer problem, big endian little endian, bit operation
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Tesla (Austin, TX) in Dec 2024
Interview
Call with recruiter, call with HM, virtual onsite with 5 interviews, I was then asked to create a presentation to give. I declined to do so and surprisingly they allowed me to continue the process.
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Was given code written in c and asked to find any errors.
Firmware Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Tesla with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 39% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Firmware Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 29 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 Firmware Engineer according to 29 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
Skills test: 17%
One on one interview: 14%
Group panel interview: 12%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 5%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 2%
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