Tesla

Software Engineer Interview Experience

January 31, 2019

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a phone call with a software manager.

It went really well, and he told me he wanted to move forward with the process.

He said he was leaving for a couple of weeks but would hand it off to the team to proceed with next steps.

It's been over a month, and nobody has contacted me.

Given the urgency that was communicated, I am shocked by the sloppiness of the candidate experience. Why would I work for a company that doesn't know how to communicate?

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 130 interview experiences for the Tesla Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

10%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive44%

Neutral32%

Negative24%

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

Tesla Work Experiences

Meaningful Work at the Cost of Your Mental Health

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: You do meaningful work that contributes towards sustainable energy. Colleagues are hardworking, and teams make huge progress in short times. You learn a lot from very experienced individuals. There is an ability to grow and stay with the company long term.

Cons: - High-stress, tight-deadline, long-hour environment. - You work 12-hour days often, regardless of what division you work in, and many feel pressured to do more work than they need to. - Numerous teams are understaffed, and upper management doesn't care about that; you'll be doing the workload of 3 people when there should probably be 3 people for what you're doing.

Meaningful Work at the Cost of Your Mental Health

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: You do meaningful work that contributes towards sustainable energy. Colleagues are hardworking, and teams make huge progress in short times. You learn a lot from very experienced individuals. There is an ability to grow and stay with the company long term.

Cons: - High-stress, tight-deadline, long-hour environment. - You work 12-hour days often, regardless of what division you work in, and many feel pressured to do more work than they need to. - Numerous teams are understaffed, and upper management doesn't care about that; you'll be doing the workload of 3 people when there should probably be 3 people for what you're doing.

Good Internship, Fast Pace

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Generally a positive experience during internship.

Cons: Need to keep up with the fast pace of work.

Good Internship, Fast Pace

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Generally a positive experience during internship.

Cons: Need to keep up with the fast pace of work.

Fast-paced, very intensive

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Fast and very intensive work environment.

Cons: Can be too competitive and overwhelming. Not a very relaxed environment. Requires on-site.

Fast-paced, very intensive

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Fast and very intensive work environment.

Cons: Can be too competitive and overwhelming. Not a very relaxed environment. Requires on-site.

Meaningful Work at the Cost of Your Mental Health

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: You do meaningful work that contributes towards sustainable energy. Colleagues are hardworking, and teams make huge progress in short times. You learn a lot from very experienced individuals. There is an ability to grow and stay with the company long term.

Cons: - High-stress, tight-deadline, long-hour environment. - You work 12-hour days often, regardless of what division you work in, and many feel pressured to do more work than they need to. - Numerous teams are understaffed, and upper management doesn't care about that; you'll be doing the workload of 3 people when there should probably be 3 people for what you're doing.

3.0
Meaningful Work at the Cost of Your Mental Health
Software Engineer • Former Employee
July 11, 2022
Pros: You do meaningful work that contributes towards sustainable energy. Colleagues are hardworking, and teams make huge progress in short times. You learn a lot from very experienced individuals. There is an ability to grow and stay with the company long term.
Cons: - High-stress, tight-deadline, long-hour environment. - You work 12-hour days often, regardless of what division you work in, and many feel pressured to do more work than they need to. - Numerous teams are understaffed, and upper management doesn't care about that; you'll be doing the workload of 3 people when there should probably be 3 people for what you're doing.

Good Internship, Fast Pace

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Generally a positive experience during internship.

Cons: Need to keep up with the fast pace of work.

4.0
Good Internship, Fast Pace
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
August 2, 2024
Pros: Generally a positive experience during internship.
Cons: Need to keep up with the fast pace of work.

Fast-paced, very intensive

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: Fast and very intensive work environment.

Cons: Can be too competitive and overwhelming. Not a very relaxed environment. Requires on-site.

4.0
Fast-paced, very intensive
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
April 18, 2024
Pros: Fast and very intensive work environment.
Cons: Can be too competitive and overwhelming. Not a very relaxed environment. Requires on-site.

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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