Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Tesla as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Recruiter and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior Recruiter and roles were rated as the easiest.
this was very hard the interview was very hard they asked me very hard questions that i could not solve and I dont regret trying it though because it was good practice
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Sep 2025
Interview
LeetCode medium level question, had a phone screening before. Straightforward, and the recruiter was communicative. They did ghost me after with no reponse so that was the only bad thing about the process
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Tesla in Dec 2025
Interview
Had a phone screen, then an interview with one of the engineers on the team. Was asked about how familiar I was with the cooling system in their vehicles. I said no and asked if he could explain it to me. He proceeded to laugh and tell me to just look it up online after. I've had other interviews at Tesla that were fine, but this one in particular, the engineer came off as condescending, making this a negative experience for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In Python, what is the difference between a list, dictionary, and tuple and when would you use one over the other?