Tesla

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

December 1, 2022

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A grad student at a Top 4 CS school in the US, #1 for robotics. The first two phone screens were about Leetcode.

The final round was with the engineering manager at their Tesla Bot team. This final round was rescheduled by them four times.

Finally, a rejection was received after a month, after asking them for a status update.

Questions

LeetCode: Generate Parentheses and Counting Islands

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 44 interview experiences for the Tesla Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

39%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive57%

Neutral36%

Negative7%

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

Tesla Work Experiences

Great company on the cutting edge of technology in a fast-paced environment

Engineering Technician • Former Employee

November 24, 2020

Pros: Always growing and room for growth and expansion.

Cons: Always keep up with all changes and growth within the company.

Great company on the cutting edge of technology in a fast-paced environment

Engineering Technician • Former Employee

November 24, 2020

Pros: Always growing and room for growth and expansion.

Cons: Always keep up with all changes and growth within the company.

Fast-paced, Meaningful, Smart Engineers

Software Engineering Intern • Current Employee

January 20, 2021

Pros: Fast-paced, extremely smart engineers, exciting work.

Cons: If you just want a regular 9-to-5 job, don't work here. Work here because you want to work on something meaningful, want to be surrounded by incredibly smart people, and don't mind putting in a lot of work.

Fast-paced, Meaningful, Smart Engineers

Software Engineering Intern • Current Employee

January 20, 2021

Pros: Fast-paced, extremely smart engineers, exciting work.

Cons: If you just want a regular 9-to-5 job, don't work here. Work here because you want to work on something meaningful, want to be surrounded by incredibly smart people, and don't mind putting in a lot of work.

Great Teams, No Cons

Project Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Teams are great to work with.

Cons: There aren't any cons at work.

Great Teams, No Cons

Project Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Teams are great to work with.

Cons: There aren't any cons at work.

Great company on the cutting edge of technology in a fast-paced environment

Engineering Technician • Former Employee

November 24, 2020

Pros: Always growing and room for growth and expansion.

Cons: Always keep up with all changes and growth within the company.

5.0
Great company on the cutting edge of technology in a fast-paced environment
Engineering Technician • Former Employee
November 24, 2020
Pros: Always growing and room for growth and expansion.
Cons: Always keep up with all changes and growth within the company.

Fast-paced, Meaningful, Smart Engineers

Software Engineering Intern • Current Employee

January 20, 2021

Pros: Fast-paced, extremely smart engineers, exciting work.

Cons: If you just want a regular 9-to-5 job, don't work here. Work here because you want to work on something meaningful, want to be surrounded by incredibly smart people, and don't mind putting in a lot of work.

5.0
Fast-paced, Meaningful, Smart Engineers
Software Engineering Intern • Current Employee
January 20, 2021
Pros: Fast-paced, extremely smart engineers, exciting work.
Cons: If you just want a regular 9-to-5 job, don't work here. Work here because you want to work on something meaningful, want to be surrounded by incredibly smart people, and don't mind putting in a lot of work.

Great Teams, No Cons

Project Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Teams are great to work with.

Cons: There aren't any cons at work.

4.0
Great Teams, No Cons
Project Engineer • Current Employee
June 21, 2024
Pros: Teams are great to work with.
Cons: There aren't any cons at work.

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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