I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Tesla in Nov 2020
Interview
Technical phone screen, followed by closed book 90 minute take home exam which included a mechanical engineering and an electrical engineering section. Followed by two more technical zoom calls with other members of the team I was interviewing for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your hands-on experience with testing electrical systems?
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