THE tesla coding INTERVIEW

tesla INTERVIEW PROCESS

Take a deep dive through the Tesla interview process and learn all about what to expect in this comprehensive insider guide to the Tesla interview process.

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what are people saying about working at tesla?

PROS

CONS

Remote work, even before Covid. High levels of autonomy. Great team.

Lots of opportunities to grow and learn new things, people aren’t restricted to a specific role.

Overall excellent work culture, great perks.

Engineers are all expected to be highly available at any given moment.

Bad team management. Lack of diversity and inclusion. Folks are just there till their money vests.

Tight deadlines and very little work-life balance.

"The onsite day would involve several interviews, including an interview with a whole panel of Tesla employees. Applicants would also take technical and engineering tests, and have their problem solving skills analyzed throughout the day."

"Musk asks candidates to "please describe a few" hard problems they've solved. Intelligent minds may be able to solve one or two hard problems. But the most intelligent minds actually seek out difficult problems to solve--giving them a great repository of examples."

what tesla employees have to say about interviewing

*All quotes obtained fromTesla

What you can expect in the tesla interview

“For the onsite, you will have to prepare a PowerPoint presentation on some technical achievement or project that solves a critical problem. If you aren't the type of person to do side projects or if you can't quickly whip up something impressive, just quit here and save your time.”

"I got a mix of easy and medium algorithm questions, complex SQL queries, tech stack-specific knowledge questions, some basic OOP/system design and behavioral."