Tesla

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Fremont, California

October 1, 2018

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a 30-minute technical interview over the phone. The interviewer briefly asked about myself but didn't seem to genuinely care.

Following that were some fairly generic technical questions, addressing what he perceived as potential weaknesses after reviewing my profile, resume, and GitHub.

Questions

Time complexity of different generic algorithms.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Tesla Software Engineer (Internship) role in Fremont, California.

Success Rate

38%

Pass Rate

Tesla's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Fremont, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive38%

Neutral63%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tesla's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Fremont, California.

Tesla Work Experiences

Fast-paced Learning, Long Hours

Associate Controls Engineer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Highly collaborative environment. Lots to learn. Fast-paced.

Cons: Long hours can burn out quick if not pacing the right way.

Fast-paced Learning, Long Hours

Associate Controls Engineer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Highly collaborative environment. Lots to learn. Fast-paced.

Cons: Long hours can burn out quick if not pacing the right way.

Talented Leaders, Long Hours

Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

January 31, 2022

Pros: Many of the leaders are talented, who quickly develop into their roles and are eager to learn how to do things better. Great at promoting within. If you are promoted, you will have the opportunity to try out something new and be out of your comfort zone.

Cons: Long hours and some weekend work are needed to meet goals. This leads to a poor work-life balance.

Talented Leaders, Long Hours

Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

January 31, 2022

Pros: Many of the leaders are talented, who quickly develop into their roles and are eager to learn how to do things better. Great at promoting within. If you are promoted, you will have the opportunity to try out something new and be out of your comfort zone.

Cons: Long hours and some weekend work are needed to meet goals. This leads to a poor work-life balance.

Challenging Tech, Hard Work

Senior Engineer • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Good pay, challenging environment, cool tech.

Cons: Work hard, long shifts, lots of workload.

Challenging Tech, Hard Work

Senior Engineer • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Good pay, challenging environment, cool tech.

Cons: Work hard, long shifts, lots of workload.

Fast-paced Learning, Long Hours

Associate Controls Engineer • Current Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Highly collaborative environment. Lots to learn. Fast-paced.

Cons: Long hours can burn out quick if not pacing the right way.

5.0
Fast-paced Learning, Long Hours
Associate Controls Engineer • Current Employee
Fremont, California, United States
March 10, 2024
Pros: Highly collaborative environment. Lots to learn. Fast-paced.
Cons: Long hours can burn out quick if not pacing the right way.

Talented Leaders, Long Hours

Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

January 31, 2022

Pros: Many of the leaders are talented, who quickly develop into their roles and are eager to learn how to do things better. Great at promoting within. If you are promoted, you will have the opportunity to try out something new and be out of your comfort zone.

Cons: Long hours and some weekend work are needed to meet goals. This leads to a poor work-life balance.

5.0
Talented Leaders, Long Hours
Manufacturing Engineer • Former Employee
Fremont, California, United States
January 31, 2022
Pros: Many of the leaders are talented, who quickly develop into their roles and are eager to learn how to do things better. Great at promoting within. If you are promoted, you will have the opportunity to try out something new and be out of your comfort zone.
Cons: Long hours and some weekend work are needed to meet goals. This leads to a poor work-life balance.

Challenging Tech, Hard Work

Senior Engineer • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

Pros: Good pay, challenging environment, cool tech.

Cons: Work hard, long shifts, lots of workload.

4.0
Challenging Tech, Hard Work
Senior Engineer • Former Employee
Fremont, California, United States
August 1, 2023
Pros: Good pay, challenging environment, cool tech.
Cons: Work hard, long shifts, lots of workload.

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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