Tesla

Full Stack Developer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California

January 1, 2022

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process consisted of submitting an application, which led to a technical React assessment. After this, there was an OOP technical assessment. The final round was a panel interview which consisted of 2 algorithm rounds and 1 React round and 1 OOP round.

Questions

React component building, OOP, and a panel consisting of graph algorithms and React component building, given some API.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Tesla Full Stack Developer role in Palo Alto, California.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

Tesla's interview process for their Full Stack Developer roles in Palo Alto, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Negative100%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Tesla's Full Stack Developer interview process in Palo Alto, California.

Tesla Work Experiences

Need improvement in organization

Full Stack Developer • Current Employee

November 3, 2021

Pros: Smart teammates and good boss

Cons: The team organization is a bit chaotic.

Need improvement in organization

Full Stack Developer • Current Employee

November 3, 2021

Pros: Smart teammates and good boss

Cons: The team organization is a bit chaotic.

Wfh Good, Hr Slow

Full Stack Developer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Easy to be converted to full-time. Work from home.

Cons: It took longer to deal with HR.

Wfh Good, Hr Slow

Full Stack Developer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Easy to be converted to full-time. Work from home.

Cons: It took longer to deal with HR.

Great company for the beginning of your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: - Smartest people around, very nice and truly awesome coworkers. - Cutting-edge technologies, very challenging problems. - Extremely fast-paced environment, no barriers for your work and contribution. - Caring and very reasonable management. - Little blame if you made a mistake and corrected yourself :)

Cons: - No free lunch; cafeteria offerings are very expensive. - No time allowed for professional development, such as exploring new technologies, reading/discussing papers or patents, or contributing to fun projects. - Technology decisions are driven not by developers implementing a real thing, but by "architects" who do Visio artwork. - Not enough chairs in the cafeteria for a rainy day. - Below-average compensation (for SF Bay) and lack of bonuses (401k). - An automotive company has no parking; SHAME! - Very high noise level in the office space.

Great company for the beginning of your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: - Smartest people around, very nice and truly awesome coworkers. - Cutting-edge technologies, very challenging problems. - Extremely fast-paced environment, no barriers for your work and contribution. - Caring and very reasonable management. - Little blame if you made a mistake and corrected yourself :)

Cons: - No free lunch; cafeteria offerings are very expensive. - No time allowed for professional development, such as exploring new technologies, reading/discussing papers or patents, or contributing to fun projects. - Technology decisions are driven not by developers implementing a real thing, but by "architects" who do Visio artwork. - Not enough chairs in the cafeteria for a rainy day. - Below-average compensation (for SF Bay) and lack of bonuses (401k). - An automotive company has no parking; SHAME! - Very high noise level in the office space.

Need improvement in organization

Full Stack Developer • Current Employee

November 3, 2021

Pros: Smart teammates and good boss

Cons: The team organization is a bit chaotic.

3.0
Need improvement in organization
Full Stack Developer • Current Employee
November 3, 2021
Pros: Smart teammates and good boss
Cons: The team organization is a bit chaotic.

Wfh Good, Hr Slow

Full Stack Developer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Easy to be converted to full-time. Work from home.

Cons: It took longer to deal with HR.

3.0
Wfh Good, Hr Slow
Full Stack Developer • Current Employee
Fremont, California, United States
April 3, 2022
Pros: Easy to be converted to full-time. Work from home.
Cons: It took longer to deal with HR.

Great company for the beginning of your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: - Smartest people around, very nice and truly awesome coworkers. - Cutting-edge technologies, very challenging problems. - Extremely fast-paced environment, no barriers for your work and contribution. - Caring and very reasonable management. - Little blame if you made a mistake and corrected yourself :)

Cons: - No free lunch; cafeteria offerings are very expensive. - No time allowed for professional development, such as exploring new technologies, reading/discussing papers or patents, or contributing to fun projects. - Technology decisions are driven not by developers implementing a real thing, but by "architects" who do Visio artwork. - Not enough chairs in the cafeteria for a rainy day. - Below-average compensation (for SF Bay) and lack of bonuses (401k). - An automotive company has no parking; SHAME! - Very high noise level in the office space.

4.0
Great company for the beginning of your career
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
July 27, 2019
Pros: - Smartest people around, very nice and truly awesome coworkers. - Cutting-edge technologies, very challenging problems. - Extremely fast-paced environment, no barriers for your work and contribution. - Caring and very reasonable management. - Little blame if you made a mistake and corrected yourself :)
Cons: - No free lunch; cafeteria offerings are very expensive. - No time allowed for professional development, such as exploring new technologies, reading/discussing papers or patents, or contributing to fun projects. - Technology decisions are driven not by developers implementing a real thing, but by "architects" who do Visio artwork. - Not enough chairs in the cafeteria for a rainy day. - Below-average compensation (for SF Bay) and lack of bonuses (401k). - An automotive company has no parking; SHAME! - Very high noise level in the office space.

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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