The interview process was long, to say the least. It included a recruiter phone screen, two technical phone screens, and a project, all leading up to an on-site interview. For the on-site, my first task was to give a presentation before being interviewed for several hours by members of the team I would potentially be working with.

That being said, the interviews were useful and relevant. The first technical phone screen was a straightforward coding challenge where I was given a CoderPad and allowed to work until completion. The project was actually quite interesting, not terribly difficult, and a lot of fun. While the presentation was stressful, it felt almost like a victory lap. The questions asked during the interviews were mostly relevant, with only one trick question, and nothing felt overly forced.

And, you get to ride in a Tesla after it's done. That was by far the best part.

The main feedback I would give is that the entire process was lengthy. I also felt the second technical phone screen was not particularly useful.

The offer extended was fair, and the compensation was well in line with other companies of similar size.

Overall, I believe Tesla has done well in overhauling some old processes, and it's definitely an improvement compared to what has been noted before.

Imagine it is raining over a 100m stretch of 2-d road. Each raindrop falls onto a random position. Once it hits a stretch of road, it expands to a length of 5cm. Write code that tracks each raindrop and determines when the road is entirely saturated.