Tesla

Engineering Interview Experience - Canada

March 12, 2018

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

All phone interviews. First with HR, then with engineers/managers. Most of the questions reflected on the resume or would demonstrate the thought process of the interviewee. I would suggest to know your resume and to have an idea of the group/position you are getting interviewed for.

Questions

Why Tesla?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Tesla Engineering role in Canada.

Success Rate

33%

Pass Rate

Tesla's interview process for their Engineering roles in Canada is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive67%

Neutral33%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tesla's Engineering interview process in Canada.

Tesla Work Experiences

Mere hype - Opportunity has gone to sleep

Engineering • Current Employee

February 23, 2015

Pros: The company tries to provide perks for employees to feel good, such as free breakfast (cereal), coffee, and occasional free fruits. If this is all you are looking for in a company, you may like this environment. However, if compensation and recognition are all you seek, look elsewhere because you may likely be disappointed.

Cons: Long hauling hours, hard to balance family and life. Huge favoritism when it comes to talent recognition and acceptance. Communication from "managers" to those they manage is a nightmare – non-existent and very negative. Your growth and development is slim to none, depending on your department. Wouldn't recommend to a friend who's growth hungry.

Mere hype - Opportunity has gone to sleep

Engineering • Current Employee

February 23, 2015

Pros: The company tries to provide perks for employees to feel good, such as free breakfast (cereal), coffee, and occasional free fruits. If this is all you are looking for in a company, you may like this environment. However, if compensation and recognition are all you seek, look elsewhere because you may likely be disappointed.

Cons: Long hauling hours, hard to balance family and life. Huge favoritism when it comes to talent recognition and acceptance. Communication from "managers" to those they manage is a nightmare – non-existent and very negative. Your growth and development is slim to none, depending on your department. Wouldn't recommend to a friend who's growth hungry.

Wonderful place to work

Engineering • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

September 27, 2015

Pros: Excellent engineering cultural environment. Managers are extremely knowledgeable about the work done by their teams, and a lot of effort is made to minimize BS distractions (meetings, etc.).

Cons: It's hard to be a superstar in this environment, as everyone is at the absolute top of their game. This is probably true for any company in the valley.

Wonderful place to work

Engineering • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

September 27, 2015

Pros: Excellent engineering cultural environment. Managers are extremely knowledgeable about the work done by their teams, and a lot of effort is made to minimize BS distractions (meetings, etc.).

Cons: It's hard to be a superstar in this environment, as everyone is at the absolute top of their game. This is probably true for any company in the valley.

Good Tech, Close Home

Engineering • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Nice team, good technology, hard hardware background, and good for me to promote. The company is also close to my house.

Cons: Good for new full-time engineers to promote themselves. And it is really nice for us to get to know how advanced tech works.

Good Tech, Close Home

Engineering • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Nice team, good technology, hard hardware background, and good for me to promote. The company is also close to my house.

Cons: Good for new full-time engineers to promote themselves. And it is really nice for us to get to know how advanced tech works.

Mere hype - Opportunity has gone to sleep

Engineering • Current Employee

February 23, 2015

Pros: The company tries to provide perks for employees to feel good, such as free breakfast (cereal), coffee, and occasional free fruits. If this is all you are looking for in a company, you may like this environment. However, if compensation and recognition are all you seek, look elsewhere because you may likely be disappointed.

Cons: Long hauling hours, hard to balance family and life. Huge favoritism when it comes to talent recognition and acceptance. Communication from "managers" to those they manage is a nightmare – non-existent and very negative. Your growth and development is slim to none, depending on your department. Wouldn't recommend to a friend who's growth hungry.

3.0
Mere hype - Opportunity has gone to sleep
Engineering • Current Employee
February 23, 2015
Pros: The company tries to provide perks for employees to feel good, such as free breakfast (cereal), coffee, and occasional free fruits. If this is all you are looking for in a company, you may like this environment. However, if compensation and recognition are all you seek, look elsewhere because you may likely be disappointed.
Cons: Long hauling hours, hard to balance family and life. Huge favoritism when it comes to talent recognition and acceptance. Communication from "managers" to those they manage is a nightmare – non-existent and very negative. Your growth and development is slim to none, depending on your department. Wouldn't recommend to a friend who's growth hungry.

Wonderful place to work

Engineering • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

September 27, 2015

Pros: Excellent engineering cultural environment. Managers are extremely knowledgeable about the work done by their teams, and a lot of effort is made to minimize BS distractions (meetings, etc.).

Cons: It's hard to be a superstar in this environment, as everyone is at the absolute top of their game. This is probably true for any company in the valley.

5.0
Wonderful place to work
Engineering • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
September 27, 2015
Pros: Excellent engineering cultural environment. Managers are extremely knowledgeable about the work done by their teams, and a lot of effort is made to minimize BS distractions (meetings, etc.).
Cons: It's hard to be a superstar in this environment, as everyone is at the absolute top of their game. This is probably true for any company in the valley.

Good Tech, Close Home

Engineering • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Nice team, good technology, hard hardware background, and good for me to promote. The company is also close to my house.

Cons: Good for new full-time engineers to promote themselves. And it is really nice for us to get to know how advanced tech works.

3.0
Good Tech, Close Home
Engineering • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
July 25, 2021
Pros: Nice team, good technology, hard hardware background, and good for me to promote. The company is also close to my house.
Cons: Good for new full-time engineers to promote themselves. And it is really nice for us to get to know how advanced tech works.

Tesla Interview Questions

Course Schedule

Determine if it is possible to finish all courses given prerequisite relationships between them. Essentially, detect if a cycle exists in the course dependencies.

GraphsRecursion

Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters

Find the length of the longest substring within a given string that contains no repeating characters. The substring must be contiguous.

StringsTwo PointersSliding Windows

Minimum Changes To Make Alternating Binary String

Determine the fewest modifications needed to transform a binary string into an alternating pattern (e.g., "0101" or "1010"). You can change '0' to '1' or '1' to '0'.

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