I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Jun 2015
Interview
I had my resume in their system and also had a copy forwarded to employees by co-workers who knew people that worked there. I was contacted by a general hiring manager who didn't seem to know much about the jobs I would be applying for, and they just asked about my resume and past employment history. I got passed onto the next hiring manager who was responsible for the group I would hope to work with. The questions from this hiring manager were much more specific and delved deeper into each item we discussed. I didn't get to hear about what would be expected of me in the positions, or much about the opportunities.
Friendly interview. I felt very welcome and encouraged by the team. There was a presentation held by a manager about the current projects. Technical questions should be easy for someone freshly out of college. They were theoretical.
The interview process was quite comprehensive and covered a wide range of technical topics. Many of the questions focused on embedded systems, circuit design, and VLSI concepts. There were also some problem-solving scenarios to test analytical thinking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a test plan for verifying a new VLSI chip’s functionality?
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla in Aug 2025
Interview
Interviewer seemed friendly, I felt like interview went okay but got instantly rejected right after, The interviewer asked a few basic resume questions (what was your biggest challenge? debugging process?) as well as whiteboarding one of my projects. Some technical questions at the end