Manufacturing Engineering Intern 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 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Manufacturing Engineering Intern roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 11 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 Manufacturing Engineering Intern according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 18%
Background check: 9%
Other: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Group panel interview: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
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There was only one interview. I was given rapid-fire technical interview questions at the beginning and the rest was behavioral/resume questions. Just talk about your work and project experience and study up on fundamental engineering problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an example of how you worked with different cross-functional teams in a work environment?
There was only one 30 minute interview with a senior engineer. There was not a presentation requirement and only talked about resume experiences and a couple of technical abilities and questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about resume experiences and few technical questions
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla in Jun 2025
Interview
I have one 30-minute interview with the manager, 2 technical questions, and "Why Tesla?", Of course you would have to know the ins and outs of your own projects, the interviewer threw me a curve ball about one of my projects that I had no idea how to answer, interviewer seems to appreciate that I took my time approaching the problem methodically (like 1-2 minutes of thinking). The interviewer told me to expect a second-round panel interview, which never occurred. The application-to-interview timeframe was 2-3 weeks, and the interview-to-offer timeframe was 1 week. Pre-interview, I had to fill out a questionnaire; pre-offer, I have to fill out another questionnaire with study/work experience.