Tesla

Perception Engineer Interview Experience

February 1, 2021

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a 30-minute call with a technical recruiter who asked questions based on my research experience. After the interview, I was sent a 3-hour coding round to be completed within a week.

Questions

Explain about your favorite research paper.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Tesla Perception Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Tesla's interview process for their Perception Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tesla's Perception Engineer interview process in United States.

Tesla Work Experiences

Good Team, No Exec Comms

Analysis Engineer • Former Employee

November 6, 2023

Pros: Liked the team. Compensation wasn’t bad. Good vacation package.

Cons: No communication from the exec team.

Good Team, No Exec Comms

Analysis Engineer • Former Employee

November 6, 2023

Pros: Liked the team. Compensation wasn’t bad. Good vacation package.

Cons: No communication from the exec team.

Great Connections, Lots Of Work

Mechanical Engineer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: A lot of connections and workplace relationships.

Cons: lot of work and no definitive

Great Connections, Lots Of Work

Mechanical Engineer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: A lot of connections and workplace relationships.

Cons: lot of work and no definitive

Wanna learn and grow? Join Tesla

Equipment Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Challenging environment, very easy to lose yourself in the mission. Years will pass by, but it will feel like days. If you hate engineering, you will not survive; if you love engineering, you will feel like you are in heaven.

Cons: Not for everyone. Only true engineers can survive at Tesla. If you don't like engineering and just want a paycheck, look elsewhere.

Wanna learn and grow? Join Tesla

Equipment Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Challenging environment, very easy to lose yourself in the mission. Years will pass by, but it will feel like days. If you hate engineering, you will not survive; if you love engineering, you will feel like you are in heaven.

Cons: Not for everyone. Only true engineers can survive at Tesla. If you don't like engineering and just want a paycheck, look elsewhere.

Good Team, No Exec Comms

Analysis Engineer • Former Employee

November 6, 2023

Pros: Liked the team. Compensation wasn’t bad. Good vacation package.

Cons: No communication from the exec team.

5.0
Good Team, No Exec Comms
Analysis Engineer • Former Employee
November 6, 2023
Pros: Liked the team. Compensation wasn’t bad. Good vacation package.
Cons: No communication from the exec team.

Great Connections, Lots Of Work

Mechanical Engineer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: A lot of connections and workplace relationships.

Cons: lot of work and no definitive

4.0
Great Connections, Lots Of Work
Mechanical Engineer • Current Employee
Fremont, California, United States
April 22, 2024
Pros: A lot of connections and workplace relationships.
Cons: lot of work and no definitive

Wanna learn and grow? Join Tesla

Equipment Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Challenging environment, very easy to lose yourself in the mission. Years will pass by, but it will feel like days. If you hate engineering, you will not survive; if you love engineering, you will feel like you are in heaven.

Cons: Not for everyone. Only true engineers can survive at Tesla. If you don't like engineering and just want a paycheck, look elsewhere.

5.0
Wanna learn and grow? Join Tesla
Equipment Engineer • Current Employee
March 30, 2022
Pros: Challenging environment, very easy to lose yourself in the mission. Years will pass by, but it will feel like days. If you hate engineering, you will not survive; if you love engineering, you will feel like you are in heaven.
Cons: Not for everyone. Only true engineers can survive at Tesla. If you don't like engineering and just want a paycheck, look elsewhere.

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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