I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Oct 2022
Interview
Round with hiring manager, then a written test, then a panel interview with presentation and then about 5 one to one interviews with members of the larger team, then interview with director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you have a knife of an unknown material, how could you find out what it's made of?
Friendly interview. I felt very welcome and encouraged by the team. There was a presentation held by a manager about the current projects. Technical questions should be easy for someone freshly out of college. They were theoretical.
The interview process was quite comprehensive and covered a wide range of technical topics. Many of the questions focused on embedded systems, circuit design, and VLSI concepts. There were also some problem-solving scenarios to test analytical thinking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a test plan for verifying a new VLSI chip’s functionality?
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla in Aug 2025
Interview
Interviewer seemed friendly, I felt like interview went okay but got instantly rejected right after, The interviewer asked a few basic resume questions (what was your biggest challenge? debugging process?) as well as whiteboarding one of my projects. Some technical questions at the end
