Tesla

Mechanical Design Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

December 9, 2023

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

There were a total of three rounds. The first was a technical screening. The next round was a panel. It was a very slow process as well, which felt like a waste of time.

Questions

FBD of pendulum

Stiffness vs. resilience

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Tesla Mechanical Design Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral50%

Negative0%

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

Tesla Work Experiences

Innovative Culture, Poor Balance

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great culture, innovation, and drive.

Cons: Work-life balance and unpredictable layoffs

Innovative Culture, Poor Balance

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great culture, innovation, and drive.

Cons: Work-life balance and unpredictable layoffs

Don’t plan on having a life, except Tesla

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

November 17, 2021

Pros: Because Tesla is “different,” they break the normal. That is good and bad. There’s room to challenge yourself.

Cons: Toxic environment. If you want a promotion, it will take 5-plus years. They will only promote mostly males, especially in engineering.

Don’t plan on having a life, except Tesla

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

November 17, 2021

Pros: Because Tesla is “different,” they break the normal. That is good and bad. There’s room to challenge yourself.

Cons: Toxic environment. If you want a promotion, it will take 5-plus years. They will only promote mostly males, especially in engineering.

Great, engaging work. Happy to contribute to something meaningful. Pay feels low for the area

Mechanical Design Engineer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Great, engaging work. Happy to contribute to something meaningful.

Cons: Pay feels low for the area.

Great, engaging work. Happy to contribute to something meaningful. Pay feels low for the area

Mechanical Design Engineer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Great, engaging work. Happy to contribute to something meaningful.

Cons: Pay feels low for the area.

Innovative Culture, Poor Balance

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great culture, innovation, and drive.

Cons: Work-life balance and unpredictable layoffs

5.0
Innovative Culture, Poor Balance
Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
April 28, 2024
Pros: Great culture, innovation, and drive.
Cons: Work-life balance and unpredictable layoffs

Don’t plan on having a life, except Tesla

Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

November 17, 2021

Pros: Because Tesla is “different,” they break the normal. That is good and bad. There’s room to challenge yourself.

Cons: Toxic environment. If you want a promotion, it will take 5-plus years. They will only promote mostly males, especially in engineering.

2.0
Don’t plan on having a life, except Tesla
Mechanical Design Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
November 17, 2021
Pros: Because Tesla is “different,” they break the normal. That is good and bad. There’s room to challenge yourself.
Cons: Toxic environment. If you want a promotion, it will take 5-plus years. They will only promote mostly males, especially in engineering.

Great, engaging work. Happy to contribute to something meaningful. Pay feels low for the area

Mechanical Design Engineer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Great, engaging work. Happy to contribute to something meaningful.

Cons: Pay feels low for the area.

4.0
Great, engaging work. Happy to contribute to something meaningful. Pay feels low for the area
Mechanical Design Engineer • Current Employee
Fremont, California, United States
June 19, 2023
Pros: Great, engaging work. Happy to contribute to something meaningful.
Cons: Pay feels low for the area.

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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