I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Jul 2022
Interview
I was given a screening interview, then a mechanical engineering test, and another screening interview after that. Then I was flown out to site for 5 very difficult interviews with members of the team
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One interesting question was "Name at least 10 ways to make a hole in metal?"
Friendly interview. I felt very welcome and encouraged by the team. There was a presentation held by a manager about the current projects. Technical questions should be easy for someone freshly out of college. They were theoretical.
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla in Aug 2025
Interview
Interviewer seemed friendly, I felt like interview went okay but got instantly rejected right after, The interviewer asked a few basic resume questions (what was your biggest challenge? debugging process?) as well as whiteboarding one of my projects. Some technical questions at the end
The interview process was quite comprehensive and covered a wide range of technical topics. Many of the questions focused on embedded systems, circuit design, and VLSI concepts. There were also some problem-solving scenarios to test analytical thinking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a test plan for verifying a new VLSI chip’s functionality?
