I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla in Feb 2024
Interview
Two interviews, one team specific to the work you will be doing, one leetcode medium. It can be pretty difficult because you do not know what to expect for the team based interview.
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.
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.
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?
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%
Other: 1%
Personality test: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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