Had an initial technical interview with two engineers, followed by a technical coding round that had like 5 leetcode mediums, and lastly a statement of excellence (estentially an essay on why they should hire you).
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Recruiter reached out in linkedin. There are 2 rounds 1 technical which includes 1 Leet code style question, few technical questions on OOPs, microservices. Second round is with the hiring manager where he explained about the team and asked me about my previous experience and explain a project in depth.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Apr 2025
Interview
The process was two rounds, both on-site as I was already in the area.
- Technical Interview, design an API to do XYZ
- Hiring manager round, behavioural and resume deep dive
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design an API to store some metrics with some example data
