I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Feb 2017
Interview
The HR is nice and response promptly. The hiring manager and engineers have deep insight of the areas they are working on. The questions they asked during the interview covered several areas on power electronics.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Inductor design for converters; basics of semiconductors
15 min interview with very fast and straight forward questions and answers screening. Its a fantastic and nice experience. Firstly in 2 mins we need to introduce and in the next 3 minutes interviewer give some brief and then 10 minutes is like question and answer session.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Apr 2026
Interview
Very disorganized. Recruiters didn’t know what they want and didn’t care about the process. The team managers/leads that I interviewed with were mostly young people with not enough experience or deep knowledge.
4 Interviews: 1 Phone Screen with a recruiter, 2 Technical Interviews where they ask about your resume and technical questions about how you implemented your design, and 1 Panel interview with a presentation
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you measure current in a high power system?