Hardware Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Tesla with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Hardware Engineer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Hardware Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Presentation: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Personality test: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 3%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla in Nov 2014
Interview
Within 2 weeks, there were two phone interviews and one on-site interview. The phone interviews were pretty straight forward. First, the recruiter identified me as a match. Within a week, I talked with a technical hiring manager, and, shortly after the interview on the same day, they invited me to come on site. There were a technical presentation and 3 face to face interviews, each one with one or two people, including technical managers or engineers. They want to know how you think and solve problems and how well you align with the culture of the company. It was pretty evident how they would let me know that people there have really long hours, which added to the commuting time resulted in my declining the offer. When I asked a manager what one of his biggest challenges has been recently, he did not hesitate to inform me "recruiting the right people."
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One of the hiring managers asked me to build a structure out of limited resources on site in a two-minute period.
There was some what disorganized communication between the HR recruiter and the Hiring Manager. HR said interview will be over one set of topics. Hiring Manager interviewed over another set of unrelated topics.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Aug 2024
Interview
Initial screen for a HW role with Hiring manager
Ask about my background and follow-up questions
Culture seems not really good after the layoff
Did not pass. Think I'm not good match. I'm not sure if they can easily find good match though with a Niche role
Took a test before the interview. Nothing crazy if you have done circuit design before. Everything is easy to look up as well so it seemed more just a filter for candidates who dont know much