Tesla

Mechanical Design Intern Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California

December 1, 2023

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied on Tesla website via employee referral.

Received an email from the talent requisition executive to schedule an interview directly with the hiring manager. The job description was also shared.

A 30-minute interview was scheduled over Microsoft Teams.

Questions

Tell me about the step-by-step process for manufacturing.

What do you know about robot controller and firmware development?

How would you make a system to test the gripping force of a robot hand?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Tesla Mechanical Design Intern role in Palo Alto, California.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

Tesla's interview process for their Mechanical Design Intern roles in Palo Alto, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

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

Tesla Work Experiences

It's a great place for any mechanical engineer to begin their career

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

August 29, 2024

Pros: Good work. Encourage new ideas. Good exposure.

Cons: Long working hours Decent pay

It's a great place for any mechanical engineer to begin their career

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

August 29, 2024

Pros: Good work. Encourage new ideas. Good exposure.

Cons: Long working hours Decent pay

Awesome Experience and Team

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

October 7, 2024

Pros: Very talented team members. My team had no overtime hours constraint. I put in a lot of overtime since interns are paid hourly. Full design freedom over a wide variety of projects meant I got to learn a lot.

Cons: Sometimes can be very stressful, especially when Elon is there.

Awesome Experience and Team

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

October 7, 2024

Pros: Very talented team members. My team had no overtime hours constraint. I put in a lot of overtime since interns are paid hourly. Full design freedom over a wide variety of projects meant I got to learn a lot.

Cons: Sometimes can be very stressful, especially when Elon is there.

Excellent if you work hard

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Unrivaled pace of work, everyone pushing to be their best.

Cons: Minimal amenities. Complaints of employees being overworked (most do this voluntarily as the work is very fulfilling).

Excellent if you work hard

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Unrivaled pace of work, everyone pushing to be their best.

Cons: Minimal amenities. Complaints of employees being overworked (most do this voluntarily as the work is very fulfilling).

It's a great place for any mechanical engineer to begin their career

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

August 29, 2024

Pros: Good work. Encourage new ideas. Good exposure.

Cons: Long working hours Decent pay

5.0
It's a great place for any mechanical engineer to begin their career
Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
August 29, 2024
Pros: Good work. Encourage new ideas. Good exposure.
Cons: Long working hours Decent pay

Awesome Experience and Team

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

October 7, 2024

Pros: Very talented team members. My team had no overtime hours constraint. I put in a lot of overtime since interns are paid hourly. Full design freedom over a wide variety of projects meant I got to learn a lot.

Cons: Sometimes can be very stressful, especially when Elon is there.

4.0
Awesome Experience and Team
Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
October 7, 2024
Pros: Very talented team members. My team had no overtime hours constraint. I put in a lot of overtime since interns are paid hourly. Full design freedom over a wide variety of projects meant I got to learn a lot.
Cons: Sometimes can be very stressful, especially when Elon is there.

Excellent if you work hard

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Unrivaled pace of work, everyone pushing to be their best.

Cons: Minimal amenities. Complaints of employees being overworked (most do this voluntarily as the work is very fulfilling).

5.0
Excellent if you work hard
Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
June 29, 2024
Pros: Unrivaled pace of work, everyone pushing to be their best.
Cons: Minimal amenities. Complaints of employees being overworked (most do this voluntarily as the work is very fulfilling).

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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