A recruiter reached out to me a couple days after I applied and asked to confirm the team I was interested in. I had a single phone interview with the team lead, after which I got an offer.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Jul 2019
Interview
Technical phone interview. Lasted 30 mins. Was asked about my research, was told about the internship role and was asked 2 fundamental questions from background knowledge. Was interviewed my team manager.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla in Nov 2016
Interview
I received an email to setup the time for phone interview with the engineering manager. I thought the first phone interview was supposed to be general questions, but it went straight to technical questions.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Describe the stress-strain curve for steel, and how it changes if the material was replaced by aluminum, or if the steel was quenched, tempered and annealed.
Given a cantilever beam, what's the optimized shape of the beam if the load is vertical force downward at the end, and combined with an extensional force.