I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Tesla
Interview
I was interviewed for three round. First with hm, second with engineer and third with the staff engineer from orther groups. It takes about over. 3 months. The final round contains a presentation for 1 h and talk with 5 orther staff/principal/manager level engineer and answer technical questions.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Aug 2023
Interview
I applied online and reached out to an acquaintance to ask for a referral. acquaintance told me they shared my info with recruiter. The process moved fairly quickly. I had an initial Phone interview with the recruiter. Then a Video interview with Hiring Manager. I had a competing offer right after that and let the recruiter know that my offer was expiring the following week. I was surprised they were able to schedule the Full loop with 4 members on team/xfn team so quickly. Recruiter knew I had a competing offer and was able to get a decision from the team within a day of the full loop.
I applied for the team that was working on Optimus. The first round was resume review. We had a standard discussion on projects and why you want to join. The next round was a coding interview in C++. The question given in the coding interview was very vague and I was asked to choose everything for myself when I asked for clarity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a method in C++ to find the median of a triangle. Did not mention any input data type, or what is given.