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      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      Apr 8, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Fremont, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA)

      Interview

      Interview is not too difficult, LC medium level questions is asked, 2 rounds of virtual interview, the interview was mostly frontend focussed and questions were around object or array flatenning

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Leetcode medium level questions asked
      Answer question
      1

      Other Software Engineer(Internship) Interview Reviews for Tesla

      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      Mar 25, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Tesla

      Interview

      Two round code interview. The first round is Leetcode, one medium one hard. The second round is full stack. You need to write a full stack website. No any BQ.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Some medium hard Leetcode question
      Answer question

      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      Mar 19, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Palo Alto, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA)

      Interview

      Resume review into leetcode medium problem. Did not get to the onsite and interviewer mostly let me run through the problem by myself. Be sure to know your DSA, recruiter was very nice during the process

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Run through the tradeoffs and benefits of certain design choices in a project.
      Answer question

      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      Mar 12, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      San Francisco, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Tesla (San Francisco, CA)

      Interview

      Had 2 back to back 45 min interviews. First was 15 min behavioural, followed by 2 LC Easy. The second had an object manipulaiton qustion followed by a SQL question.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about yourself? Whats the most challenging project you've worked on? Determine if one string can be formed using the characters of another string, with each character allowed to be used only once?
      Answer question

      Tesla interviews FAQs

      • Software Engineer(Internship) 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 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 48 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(Internship) according to 48 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  27%

        Skills test:  23%

        One on one interview:  22%

        Presentation:  10%

        Background check:  7%

        Group panel interview:  4%

        IQ intelligence test:  3%

        Drug test:  1%

        Personality test:  1%

        Other:  1%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Production Associate(735) ;
        2. Software Engineer(391) ;
        3. Intern(384) ;
        4. Sales Advisor(245) ;
        5. Advisor(243) ;
        6. Engineer(185) ;
        7. Material Handler(175) ;
        8. Product Specialist(165) ;
        9. Data Annotation Specialist(155) ;
        10. Technician(147) ;
        11. Internship(124) ;
        12. Mechanical Engineer(122) ;
        13. Project Manager(122) ;
        14. Manufacturing Engineer(116) ;
        15. Mechanical Design Engineer(113) .


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