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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I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Feb 2021
Interview
One initial interview with the team's manager in which we have went through my resume and some basics of heat transfer and fluid dynamics which I was not ready for.
I still got contacted again for the 2nd stage of the interview which I had to do a 30 minutes presentation of one of my projects and later on I was asked questions on fluid dynamics, thermodynamics and heat transfer.
Four rounds- there was a written test(15 questions), then two rounds of interviews (case study and a general q&a with a manager.) If qualified, then a final final round of interview with manager
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Strength of materials, GD&T, case study and applying design principles
The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Tesla in Sep 2022
Interview
Two interviews and between them the preparation test, the first Interview was with a Talent Acquisition, the second one was with a technical team, 4 engineers actually. The second one was a technical, we talked about the test and they asked me general questions about my goals and what I could improve in the test and of course about my previous experience.