Tesla

Manufacturing Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

February 1, 2022

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was contacted by a recruiter via LinkedIn and we messaged back and forth.

I asked for information regarding the position and compensation but received a vague answer.

I then agreed with the recruiter on a call.

We chatted about the position and my experience, and I asked again regarding compensation and benefits, however, I received the standard vague responses.

I researched information about similar positions on this site and others.

I was contacted again by email to schedule my first virtual interview, however, I declined.

Questions

Manufacturing experience

PLC programming:

Beckhoff TwinCAT
Siemens TIA Portal

Python

SQL

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Tesla Manufacturing Engineer role in San Jose, California.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

Tesla's interview process for their Manufacturing Engineer roles in San Jose, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral50%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tesla's Manufacturing Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.

Tesla Work Experiences

Amazing learning experience

Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: - Great learning curve. - Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the smartest people in the world. - Exciting projects that keep work engaging.

Cons: Sometimes, work-life balance takes a toll, as projects move at exceptional speeds at Tesla.

Amazing learning experience

Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: - Great learning curve. - Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the smartest people in the world. - Exciting projects that keep work engaging.

Cons: Sometimes, work-life balance takes a toll, as projects move at exceptional speeds at Tesla.

Good Work, Sometimes Too Much

Manufacturing Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

February 16, 2023

Pros: Good overall experience, a lot of work.

Cons: Too much work at times.

Good Work, Sometimes Too Much

Manufacturing Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

February 16, 2023

Pros: Good overall experience, a lot of work.

Cons: Too much work at times.

A good place to learn from the beginning, but it requires long working hours

Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Great product, electric car. Free drinks, coffee, and cereal.

Cons: Long hours daily, even Saturday and Sunday.

A good place to learn from the beginning, but it requires long working hours

Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Great product, electric car. Free drinks, coffee, and cereal.

Cons: Long hours daily, even Saturday and Sunday.

Amazing learning experience

Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: - Great learning curve. - Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the smartest people in the world. - Exciting projects that keep work engaging.

Cons: Sometimes, work-life balance takes a toll, as projects move at exceptional speeds at Tesla.

5.0
Amazing learning experience
Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
April 3, 2022
Pros: - Great learning curve. - Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the smartest people in the world. - Exciting projects that keep work engaging.
Cons: Sometimes, work-life balance takes a toll, as projects move at exceptional speeds at Tesla.

Good Work, Sometimes Too Much

Manufacturing Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

February 16, 2023

Pros: Good overall experience, a lot of work.

Cons: Too much work at times.

4.0
Good Work, Sometimes Too Much
Manufacturing Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
February 16, 2023
Pros: Good overall experience, a lot of work.
Cons: Too much work at times.

A good place to learn from the beginning, but it requires long working hours

Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Great product, electric car. Free drinks, coffee, and cereal.

Cons: Long hours daily, even Saturday and Sunday.

3.0
A good place to learn from the beginning, but it requires long working hours
Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
March 13, 2014
Pros: Great product, electric car. Free drinks, coffee, and cereal.
Cons: Long hours daily, even Saturday and Sunday.

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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