Associate Software Engineer 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 Associate Software Engineer roles take an average of 56 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 Associate Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 27%
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 18%
Drug test: 18%
Group panel interview: 9%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2019
Interview
I had a phone call with recruiter, who matched me with team that was interested in my resume. I then had a 1:1 with team lead, coderpad and videocall. 2 more rounds of coderpad and videocall with other people.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Tesla (Burlington, VT) in Mar 2021
Interview
The whole thing was done very quickly which I'm guessing isn't always the case, took about a week from phone screen to informal offer, another week for offer letter.
1) Phone call with recruiter
2) Take home technical, easy/medium questions
3) Live technical, probably another medium
4) Final live technical, one section with hiring manager for
behavioral/ team fit questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some algo questions, some DB, some system design, some behavioral
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Tesla in May 2020
Interview
Was supposed to be two technical interviews and two general interviews over the week. Instead, all interviews were scheduled back to back on the same day. Not much regard for my time or ease.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When to use left joins vs natural joins and other database questions.