Software Engineering Intern 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineering Intern roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Engineering Intern according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 17%
Skills test: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
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Started off with an online interview with the hiring manager. The beginning is just introductions. After your introduction they transition into a system design problem/situation, but this can depend on the hiring manager. For me it was setting up a data pipeline for a fleet of vehicles.
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Question 1
What is the difference between F1, Precision, Recall, and Accuracy
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Feb 2025
Interview
First round was really easy. The engineer I spoke to was interested in me and was asking simple data structures questions. The person I spoke to in the second round didn't seem to acknowledge my presence and kept replying to texts on their laptop.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tesla (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2020
Interview
Contacted By a Recruiter by email, the interview was by phone with the manager of the team. the questions were mostly about my background and experience and I had to give detailed explanation about my experience.