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      Embedded Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 29, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Palo Alto, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Mar 2024

      Interview

      1 Tech Screen with coding question in C, 1 resume screen about previous work experience, onsite with 5 rounds of technical questions in Python and C (coding, resume, previous work experience)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Talk about the most difficult bug you have ever fixed. How did you find it, how did you test it you found the root cause of the bug, and how did you fix it?
      Answer question

      Other Embedded Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Tesla

      Embedded Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 16, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Palo Alto, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Jun 2025

      Interview

      4 rounds of interviews. 3 online and one in person at HQ. Round 1 Skills mentioned in my resume and overall skills. Basic c programming and C++ Deep dive into embedded concepts. What and how did my experience impact the previous role

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Walk me through your experience
      Answer question

      Embedded Software Engineer Interview

      Feb 22, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Palo Alto, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA)

      Interview

      Prescreening with HR going through resumes into a technical review of resumes and coding problems with someone on the hiring team. The coding problem wasn't something I saw on leetcode.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      went through resume, coding problem was to fill-in blanks for a typical system they'd use
      Answer question

      Embedded Software Engineer Interview

      Jul 31, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      The interview process was quite drawn out. The recruiter took a while getting back to me despite multiple teams showing interest in my profile. Scheduling the phone interview took time, but the process was smooth. There was an online assessment as an initial screen, It was challenging but doable. The phone screen itself was a pretty bad experience. Just like interviewing is a skill not everybody has, being an interviewer is also a skill not everybody has. This guy who interviewed me was a manager I think, but not all managers make good interviewers. He barely spoke, which is not what you'd expect in a phone interview. I'm going to think multiple times before interviewing for Tesla in the future.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Typical embedded software engineer programming interview question.
      Answer question

      Tesla interviews FAQs

      • Embedded Software 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 41% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Embedded Software Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 17 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 Embedded Software Engineer according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  36%

        Skills test:  21%

        Presentation:  14%

        One on one interview:  14%

        Group panel interview:  7%

        Other:  4%

        Personality test:  4%

      • 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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