Tesla

SWE Intern Interview Experience

February 15, 2022

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The recruiter was very responsive, and the hiring manager I was in contact with was also an engineer who really looked for a personal connection beyond just cold hiring. It was different from most tech interviews.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the Tesla SWE Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

43%

Pass Rate

Tesla's interview process for their SWE Intern roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive57%

Neutral29%

Negative14%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tesla's SWE Intern interview process in United States.

Tesla Work Experiences

Challenging work with autonomy and no downsides

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: There was challenging work and autonomy for projects.

Cons: I didn't find any cons so far.

Challenging work with autonomy and no downsides

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: There was challenging work and autonomy for projects.

Cons: I didn't find any cons so far.

Tesla SWE Internship

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: 1. Good Ownership 2. Interesting Problems

Cons: 1. No free food 2. Bad WLB

Tesla SWE Internship

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: 1. Good Ownership 2. Interesting Problems

Cons: 1. No free food 2. Bad WLB

Interesting Work, Lacking Benefits

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

November 11, 2024

Pros: - Interesting work - Real projects - Fast-paced learning environment

Cons: - Lack of competitive benefits

Interesting Work, Lacking Benefits

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

November 11, 2024

Pros: - Interesting work - Real projects - Fast-paced learning environment

Cons: - Lack of competitive benefits

Challenging work with autonomy and no downsides

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: There was challenging work and autonomy for projects.

Cons: I didn't find any cons so far.

4.0
Challenging work with autonomy and no downsides
SWE Intern • Current Employee
Fremont, CA
July 18, 2026
Pros: There was challenging work and autonomy for projects.
Cons: I didn't find any cons so far.

Tesla SWE Internship

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: 1. Good Ownership 2. Interesting Problems

Cons: 1. No free food 2. Bad WLB

4.0
Tesla SWE Internship
SWE Intern • Former Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
May 22, 2024
Pros: 1. Good Ownership 2. Interesting Problems
Cons: 1. No free food 2. Bad WLB

Interesting Work, Lacking Benefits

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Fremont, California, United States

November 11, 2024

Pros: - Interesting work - Real projects - Fast-paced learning environment

Cons: - Lack of competitive benefits

5.0
Interesting Work, Lacking Benefits
SWE Intern • Former Employee
Fremont, California, United States
November 11, 2024
Pros: - Interesting work - Real projects - Fast-paced learning environment
Cons: - Lack of competitive benefits

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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