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Mechanical Design Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California

April 1, 2021
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

  1. HR Google Meet call: no email to ask my availability. They just sent an invitation with the time and link, with no prior notification.
  2. Technical video interview with the hiring manager.
  3. ME written test: very thorough.
  4. Second round technical video interview with a team member.
  5. I was told the team moved forward with other candidates for an onsite.

Questions

Phone interview:

  • Showed me a plastic housing picture, asked a few questions about injection molding:

    • Which features will you improve?
    • Where is the core/cavity?
    • In which direction will the plastic be injected?
    • How to make side holes in an injection mold?
  • If you need to design an electrical package that needs to be mounted underneath a vehicle, which requirements will you ask for? Which tests will you recommend? How would you perform those tests?

Written test (open book):

Covers ME and EE questions, beam, beam stiffness, injection molding, buckling loads, vibration, thermal expansion, FBD, ME drawings, fluid mechanics, manufacturing methods, thermal conduction, RLC circuit, mechanical bonding calculation...

2nd phone interview:

  • Asked about the hardest project I did and dug into it.
  • How to deal with a vendor who made bad parts.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 34 interview experiences for the Tesla Mechanical Design Engineer role in Palo Alto, California.

Success Rate

15%
Pass Rate

Tesla's interview process for their Mechanical Design Engineer roles in Palo Alto, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral29%
Negative21%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tesla's Mechanical Design Engineer interview process in Palo Alto, California.

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