Test Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Tesla with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Test Engineer roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Tesla overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Tesla as a Test Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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2 recruiter screenings, 3 1-on-1 technical interviews, and a panel interview. A written test was also required for this position. Questions throughout all aspects of the interviews covered topics from a wide range of engineering topics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Determine the fastest path for water to travel: a linear downward pipe or a L pipe covering the same height.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Feb 2022
Interview
Fairly standard interview process: short call with a recruiter, 1on1 interview with an engineer, a 90min test, and then a 30min presentation followed by five 30min interviews. The recruiter call is easy. Just some basic questions about why Tesla and my recent experience. Same with the 1on1 interview but it's all about my resume and some technical questions about how I would approach designing for some test scenarios. The 90min test was easy but took up nearly all the time. It was also open book which is nice and takes some of the stress away. The last step was the most difficult (partially because I was very tired that afternoon). The questions were more technical and really tried to understand the limits of my knowledge by asking about how I solved problems on past projects
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla in Dec 2022
Interview
Interview 1- hiring manager ( questions on previous projects) Interview 2 - senior engineer Written test ( basic mechanical, electrical & coding) Final round ( remote onsite interview) : 30 mins presentation on previous projects. Followed by six 45 mins one- one interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on stress - strain diagram?, Previous projects