Screening Call with Recruiter
Take-Home Challenge: Completed all questions with minimal negative points.
Interview with Manufacturing Manager (1 hour): Positive impression, moving forward.
Technical Interview with Sr. Staff SDE: Two system design questions, completed both in half the allotted time.
Panel Interview with Presentation:
Presented technical material, followed by 3 hours and 45 minutes of 2-on-1 panel interviews.
Ended early because the presentation was not deemed 'technical enough'. I did decline to go to the code-level explanation, which may have contributed. Disappointed with the panel process; the presentation felt like a way to elicit IP discussions.
Technical Design of a Toaster.
How I would approach designing a 3-button safety system.
Design a system to test a linear actuator.
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Tesla Software Development Engineer (SDE) II role in Palo Alto, California.
Tesla's interview process for their Software Development Engineer (SDE) II roles in Palo Alto, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Tesla's Software Development Engineer (SDE) II interview process in Palo Alto, California.