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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla
The Interviewer asked about the candidate's background and past experience with some technical questions related to the position. The interviewer was friendly and professional showing great interest in the candidate's past experience and asking well-thought out questions
- Tell me about your experience at X.

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Palo Alto, CA
I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA)
My interviewer didn't show up to our second agreed meeting time after missing the first meeting. I'm not sure how often this happens, but it was quite frustrating given the time it can take to prepare.
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla
The process included 1 phone call with HR where my career background was discussed as well reasons for applying for the role. I than had 1 interview with hiring manager.
- Tell me about your experience There was also a generic question such as how many traffic lights are there in X city and the reasoning behind the answer

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Palo Alto, CA
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA)
Was straight forward, primarily 2 coding questions, 1 each round. Interviewer was very friendly and was helping me in finalizing to the solution. TODOs: clearly understand the question, ask if you are not clear abt the question completely
- Minimum intervals to remove to make array non overlapping

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Tesla
Did 4 interviews and had to present a business case about a specific topic related with the job position itself. The business case was required to be presented and discussed accordingly.
- Why Tesla? A characteristic that isn't on your resume? Name a time that you provided excellent customer service.

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Basel
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Basel)
Après avoir postulé via une annonce en ligne et répondu à quelques questions; j’ai reçu un e-mail m’invitant a un Entretien téléphonique. N’étais pas certaine d’être vouloir le poste j’ai changer de date et d’horaire 2 fois sans difficulté
- Que savez vous sur Tesla et que fait Tesla d’autre a part des voitures

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Tesla
I applied online for a data engineer role in gigafactory Berlin. They sent an assessment consist of three parts in SQL and Python that only final results mattered. I could not move any further.

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Dallas, TX
I interviewed at Tesla (Dallas, TX)
It was broken into two interviews. They asked alot of behavioral questions and why you wanted to work for Tesla. They also asked what other jobs you are currently interested in and how interested you are in the current position.
- What motivates you in the work place?

Anonymous Employee in Atlanta, GA
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Atlanta, GA)
2-3 interviews. They go by super quick and just make sure to say that fight climate change and sustainability is the most important thing to do for the world. Make sure you do your research on the interviewer because it could be someone high up that you will work with or that is brand new to the role.
- Why do you want to work for Tesla? Why is sustainability important to you?

Anonymous Interview Candidate in California, PA
I interviewed at Tesla (California, PA)
it was long, almost 1.5 hours. They asked about my previous experiences quite thoroughly and with a technical focus. It was two different hiring managers and I was asked about CAD experience, fixture design etc.
- They asked about my approach to solve a specific and often encountered problem with fixture design

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Fremont, CA
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA)
I had a technical interview for 45 minutes with sql medium-level questions. it was good but I didn't understand the accent of the interview so I ended up understanding the wrong direction many times.
- case statements SQL and query optimization
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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Tesla as 56.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.95 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Technical Editor and Software Validation Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate and Assistant Service Manager roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Tesla takes an average of 32.23 days when considering 2,599 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Engineering Director had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Communications Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 365 days).
Common stages of the interview process at Tesla according to 2,599 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone Interview: 27.38%
One on One Interview: 17.89%
Presentation: 10.80%
Skills Test: 10.75%
Group Panel Interview: 10.26%
Background Check: 8.01%
Drug Test: 6.12%
IQ Intelligence Test: 3.44%
Personality Test: 3.39%
Other: 1.96%
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