Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Tesla as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Battery Engineer and Senior Recruiter rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Battery Engineer and Senior Recruiter roles were rated as the easiest.
Phone call with recruiter, 2 technical interviews with senior engineers, a panel session where you present a project you have worked on and then get asked questions for 30 minutes each by 5 different people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever troubleshot an equipment, how did you go about it?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Tesla (Freiburg)
Interview
Director and hiring manager interview are first round. Second round is case study and final round is panel interview. The process was fairly quick. However, some lulls in communication of next steps and hiring process transparency once it moved from hiring team to recruiter.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What cross functional teams are involved in a power electronics program?
Have a at home basic engineering skills written test, then had me do a presentation on a project from my career on site, and an on site Solidworks skills test