Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Interview Experience - Greece
Process
The interview process was unnecessarily long, lasting eight months.
It resulted in my profile being selected as the suitable candidate for the position, but it never concluded with a job offer due to a lack of executive approval.
More specifically, I went through two one-on-one interviews within a month of my application. Then, after a three-month waiting period, I was accepted to the final phase, which took another one to two months. This included:
- Seven more one-on-one interviews
- An online quiz
- A panel interview for which I prepared a technical presentation of some of my previous work
After this process and an additional one-month waiting period, I was informed that I had been accepted as a candidate and that I should soon receive a job offer, pending executive approval.
However, after a two-month period, during which I was frequently communicating with the company but without receiving any substantial update, I was informed that the final decision was to not move forward with my application.
Questions
During some of the 1-on-1 interviews, there were several questions related to physics understanding:
- Strength analysis
- Thermal analysis
- Potential & Kinetic Energy maintenance
During the first 1-on-1 interviews, there were several questions related to understanding the GD&T principles.
There was an online quiz with 12 questions and engineering-related calculations.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Tesla Senior Mechanical Design Engineer role in Greece.
Success Rate
Tesla's interview process for their Senior Mechanical Design Engineer roles in Greece is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Tesla's Senior Mechanical Design Engineer interview process in Greece.
Tesla Work Experiences
- 4.0Awesome people. Management is bad with realistic expectationsSenior Mechanical Design Engineer • Former EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2015Pros: Fast-paced. Super smart engineers to work with. Great for mid-career and entry-level engineers to gain good experience really fast in both R&D and production engineering. Growing company with plenty of opportunity to see different groups. They make real hardware; not a lot of places are that devoted to making real hardware and putting it out on the streets. The product performance is out of this world. Amazing cars to work on with generally great people. Getting in back in 2011 led to very good compensation with stock options.Cons: Incredibly tight project timelines that were often unrealistic. Burn-out rate was high. Get the sense that upper management didn't care about employees, just wanted as much work out of them as possible. Middle managers have huge responsibilities, as given incredible stretch goals, skeleton crews, and minimal resources. When results fell short, Elon and JB would fire people without just cause. Many director/VP levels were fired or quit over drama and unfair treatment. Design engineers expected to support designs in production that they know don't have the proper development or validation. Product never mature enough to launch. Lots of design churn and timeline slip due to Elon futzing with the look/aesthetics of styling, which in turn caused product delays and reliability issues after multiple re-designs ate up the time that was allotted for testing and refinement for durability/reliability of the car.
- 4.0Challenging, But Great Place to WorkSenior Mechanical Design Engineer • Current EmployeeDecember 12, 2019Pros: Feel like you are changing the world and get to work on projects that come to fruition on a short timeline with some of the industry's most talented minds.Cons: It can be very hectic, with a lot of course correction.
- 4.0Fast Learning, Physically DrainingSenior Mechanical Design Engineer • Current EmployeeFremont, California, United StatesDecember 21, 2024Pros: Fast-paced development, fast learning.Cons: Physically draining. Tiring and stressed by the timelines.
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