I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (San Francisco, CA) in June 2019
Interview
I had a phone call with recruiter, who matched me with team that was interested in my resume. I then had a 1:1 with team lead, coderpad and videocall. 2 more rounds of coderpad and videocall with other people.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Tesla (Burlington, VT) in Mar 2021
Interview
The whole thing was done very quickly which I'm guessing isn't always the case, took about a week from phone screen to informal offer, another week for offer letter.
1) Phone call with recruiter
2) Take home technical, easy/medium questions
3) Live technical, probably another medium
4) Final live technical, one section with hiring manager for
behavioral/ team fit questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some algo questions, some DB, some system design, some behavioral
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Tesla in May 2020
Interview
Was supposed to be two technical interviews and two general interviews over the week. Instead, all interviews were scheduled back to back on the same day. Not much regard for my time or ease.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When to use left joins vs natural joins and other database questions.