I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Aug 2022
Interview
A technical recruiter reached out. We had a call where they softly felt out my background and then asked for a resume. The second call was with an experienced engineer who really wanted to get into the weeds of my technical knowledge. After that they had me take a 1 hour written exam where they asked many general engineering open ended exam questions (statics, strength of materials, etc), along with questions about the kind of engineering stuff you learn on the job (manufacturing techniques, drafting markups). I did poor on the test and things didn’t proceed past that.
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Question 1
They had an experienced engineer speak with me, he asked me something that I specialized in, and then tested my knowledge on the subject.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 8 months. I interviewed at Tesla in Feb 2021
Interview
-Screening interview with recruiter.
-Initial interview with hiring manager.
-Interview with division/org director
-Panel interview with 5 employees from different job roles and experience levels. I was asked to make a technical presentation even with 7 years of industry experience. This may differ between teams.
-Final discussion of benefits and entire package with HR/Hiring Manager
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Explain a situation where you had to use first principles to solve a problem.
phone screening by hiring manager > written test > panel interviews.
the whole process was long, about 2 months, and I didn't get the offer. it would take longer for the offer to get approved.
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Question 1
college ME questions on solid mechanics, heat transfer, fluid flow, etc...