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Product Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California

January 17, 2014
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Process

I submitted my resume at the Tesla Motors Career Fair in Fremont in November 2013.

I had a nice talk there.

About two weeks later, I got an email from the team manager to schedule a phone interview.

The phone call was great and detailed, and then I received an invitation for an onsite interview one week later.

I flew to HQ and had the onsite.

I made a 30-minute presentation and had five 1-on-1 interviews, each lasting 45 minutes.

Afterward, I went home and answered two questions for Elon's review.

Two days later, I was offered the job!

Questions

  1. A very detailed question about my previous project.
  2. A team member brought up a question from their daily tasks. I was required to analyze the question and give my thinking about it.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Tesla Product Engineer role in Palo Alto, California.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Tesla's Product Engineer interview process in Palo Alto, California.

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