I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Sep 2023
Interview
Interview process is a bit long but they were ready to move quickly in my case. After screening, I gave a technical test, two technical interviews, one panel interview followed by another technical interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions on heat transfer, vibration testing and manufacturing processes.
Had a technical exam, twelve questions, for one and a half hours. Each question was to do with a different topic to see your experience with each topic. It was multiple choice but you must scan and submit your working
Had 3 rounds of virtual 45 minute technical interviews followed by a presentation to the team and 6 additional technical interviews. Only one person asked a couple of questions about my experience or behavioral question.
Everyone was generally nice but focused on first principles and didn't really care what I had done.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Freebody diagram, shear/moment curves, cantilever beam. Look at the youtube videos on Tesla ME questions, the initial interviews cover those exactly.