Tesla

Mechanical Design Intern Interview Experience

October 3, 2023

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I had two interviews, both involving technical and non-technical questions.

Interviewers were all very nice and helpful, and I ended up having a great experience at Tesla during my internship.

I was interning in Palo Alto from May 2023 to August 2023.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Tesla Mechanical Design Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

67%

Pass Rate

Tesla's interview process for their Mechanical Design Intern roles in the United States is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive67%

Neutral33%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tesla's Mechanical Design Intern interview process in United States.

Tesla Work Experiences

Mechanical Design Intern

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: - food - community - people - environment - work

Cons: Long hours in the office, depending on your team.

Mechanical Design Intern

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: - food - community - people - environment - work

Cons: Long hours in the office, depending on your team.

Great learning opportunity

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Richmond Hill, ON, Canada

Pros: - Lots of chances for projects. - Great environment and people. - Free cereal and coffee.

Cons: Sometimes very busy, and sometimes not busy at all.

Great learning opportunity

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Richmond Hill, ON, Canada

Pros: - Lots of chances for projects. - Great environment and people. - Free cereal and coffee.

Cons: Sometimes very busy, and sometimes not busy at all.

Learning But No Work-life Balance

Mechanical Design Intern • Current Employee

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

September 23, 2022

Pros: Very much to learn, and a lot of cross-shop communication.

Cons: No work-life balance. Communication gap.

Learning But No Work-life Balance

Mechanical Design Intern • Current Employee

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

September 23, 2022

Pros: Very much to learn, and a lot of cross-shop communication.

Cons: No work-life balance. Communication gap.

Mechanical Design Intern

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: - food - community - people - environment - work

Cons: Long hours in the office, depending on your team.

5.0
Mechanical Design Intern
Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee
Fremont, California, United States
April 5, 2025
Pros: - food - community - people - environment - work
Cons: Long hours in the office, depending on your team.

Great learning opportunity

Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee

Richmond Hill, ON, Canada

Pros: - Lots of chances for projects. - Great environment and people. - Free cereal and coffee.

Cons: Sometimes very busy, and sometimes not busy at all.

5.0
Great learning opportunity
Mechanical Design Intern • Former Employee
Richmond Hill, ON, Canada
July 2, 2024
Pros: - Lots of chances for projects. - Great environment and people. - Free cereal and coffee.
Cons: Sometimes very busy, and sometimes not busy at all.

Learning But No Work-life Balance

Mechanical Design Intern • Current Employee

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

September 23, 2022

Pros: Very much to learn, and a lot of cross-shop communication.

Cons: No work-life balance. Communication gap.

1.0
Learning But No Work-life Balance
Mechanical Design Intern • Current Employee
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
September 23, 2022
Pros: Very much to learn, and a lot of cross-shop communication.
Cons: No work-life balance. Communication gap.

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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