I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA)
Interview
Was assigned a take-home assessment and then had two rounds of interviews, first a technical interview and then a behavioral interview. Both are conducted online and the process was relatively fast
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself; share a challenge you met in previous experience
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tesla in Oct 2024
Interview
Technical interview with an engineer. LC medium to hard question. Engineer wasn't very responsive to questions. I got the rejection a few days after the interview. I wasn't able to finish the problem correctly because of unanswered questions.
I was told the first round would be a project presentation and I had prepared my slides. But the manager did not want that. He had made a PowerPoint with questions and we started with that. The questions were mostly about beams (cantilever, simple supported) and material science mostly involving Aluminum and stainless steel. I think the interview was not very difficult but I could not answer all because I had not prepared well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) cantilever beam with point load, which is the point of high stress.
2) If the same cantilever beam is made of Al or SS, how would the stress profile differ.