I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Tesla in Nov 2025
Interview
I interviewed for Energy team. I had 2 back to back rounds. 1st one with a staff engineer, where he went through my resume in and out and followed by system design. 2nd interview was with an engineer in the same team. He went through my experience and checked how relevant my skills are to the role and then followed by a coding question. The question was to debug an embedded c program.
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Question 1
1) Sys design was related to the project the team was involved in previously.
2) Grilled me with questions from my previous experiences.
"During the interview, they first asked me to introduce myself and talk about my past experiences. After that, I was given a few coding problems to solve, which tested both my technical skills and my ability to think under pressure. The interviewers also asked some behavioral questions, like how I handle challenges in a team setting. Overall, it felt structured but conversational, and I appreciated the chance to explain my thought process.
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things about your past experiences and coding problems
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Frankfurt am Main) in Aug 2025
Interview
Der Bewerbungsprozess bei Tesla Frankfurt war erstaunlich unprofessionell und steht in starkem Gegensatz zum Hochglanz-Image des Unternehmens. Das Gespräch begann verspätet, die Gesprächspartner wirkten unvorbereitet, fachlich überfordert und teilweise respektlos im Wording. Auf Antworten wurde kaum eingegangen, stattdessen wurden abwertende Bemerkungen gemacht. Insgesamt hatte ich den Eindruck, dass selbst Führungskräfte weder geschult noch geeignet sind, Bewerber fair oder kompetent zu beurteilen. Dieses Erlebnis war so negativ, dass ich jedem dringend empfehlen würde, sich zwei Mal zu überlegen, ob man dort wirklich arbeiten möchte.
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Question 1
Sind Sie bereit, regelmäßig und auch unbezahlt deutlich mehr Stunden zu arbeiten, wenn es von Ihnen erwartet wird?