I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Tesla in Jun 2026
Interview
For the Data Engineer role, they usually conduct 4–5 interview rounds. The first round is with the recruiter, and the second round is a technical screening. During the technical interview, they ask LeetCode-style questions on SQL and Python.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to rate my PostgreSQL and Python skills out of 10. After that, they asked me to solve LeetCode problems in both SQL and Python.
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Apr 2026
Interview
3 round in total
2 Tech Round with coding with sql(multi Join) and python(leetcode) and resume dive deep and why tesla why data engineer
last round in person onsite(didn't make it)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode meeting room 1 and meeting room 2
sql - multi Join
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
First was a recruiter call then technical screening and technical data knowledge after taht there is a in person panel interview for the role. Questions were based on the current tesla developments and my background.
Tesla interviews FAQs
Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Tesla with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 22 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 Data Engineer according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 23%
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 11%
Group panel interview: 9%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
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