I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Tesla in Feb 2013
Interview
I got an email through the engineering career center at my college and applied online. I got a call back from a recruiter at Tesla to conduct a first round background screen. I then got a second round call from one of the engineering team members, which ended up being a bit more technical.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What are you doing in school that you think would be relevant for the job you're applying to?
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA)
Interview
really bad interview process. Recruiter never gets back after multiple rounds of interviews with no kind of feedback. Interviewer seems really good during the interview and questions are relevant to the role. No expected timeline given at the starting which makes it worse.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
normal mechanical engineering fundamentals pertaining to structures and thermals.
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Austin, TX) in Aug 2024
Interview
One of the interviews was a fundamental mechanical engineering written test. It is not a hard test, very basic questions.
I cannot share the test, because it is not allowed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Fundamental questions on mechanical engineering concepts.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Jan 2024
Interview
Phone Screen -> Technical Video Interview -> Computer Test -> 5 Hour Panel consisting of 30 minute presentation, and 5 interviews. Lunch was provided on location. No opportunity to learn about actual project involved.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Tesla?
Tell us about a difficult problem you solved and the results
Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Tesla with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Design Engineer roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 7 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 Design Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 21%
Phone interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 16%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 5%
Other: 5%
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