Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Tesla with 3.3 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 50.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Tesla as a Internship according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 100%
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Very good, the interviewer is pretty friendly and kind. He asked me some research questions first, and then we went to the OA test. The OA test is not particularly difficult, but more about C++ in the stack and how to write the stack by myself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain inheritance in C++
hat are virtual functions and why are they used?
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla in Oct 2025
Interview
The first round was a 30-minute phone interview focused mainly on my current research and projects. The interviewer asked detailed questions about my thermal management work and explained the team’s projects. They mentioned a possible second round involving a presentation and technical Q&A.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
He asked me to explain about the projects I did. It was an in-depth analysis on how I approached the problem, what tools I used, what parameters I considered to do it and what are the applications
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Nov 2024
Interview
2 Technical Interviews, each testing fundamental and basics of requirements of job.
Each interview started with a me walking through my resume on my previous experiences and how they relate to the role.