First interview was with head ai reasearcher. Very helpful and insightful but also asked very difficult questions. Do your research beforehand about them and about the industry and about their work.
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Mountain View, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
I had a 30 min interview. The recruiter talked a lot! Like a monologue for the 15 minutes. They were bragging about the engineering team they recruited. A name, who transferred to Tesla from Apple, was even mentioned. It was clear for me the pace and company culture at the end of the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What ML/AI application I have done, how large the dataset was, any experience with GPU computing
I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2021
Interview
All parties were very friendly and professional.
We were using Microsoft teams via audio-only mode.
This is the flow:
1) intro call with recruiter
2) technical interview with hiring manager (coding questions)
3) interview with domain expert
4) interview with panel
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
medium leetcode question about the search for an element in the stack.