Tesla Mechanical Design Engineer interview questions
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Mechanical Design Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Tesla with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Mechanical Design Engineer roles take an average of 70 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Tesla overall takes an average of 40 days.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA)
Interview
first round with manager to go over a project you did before, second round with team member and last round is a panel interview. make sure you know the details about your project and review all the engineering fundamentals
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Question 1
questions about injection molding, mechanics of materials
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Tesla (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
interview which was conducted over the phone. Did not want to go over resume instead jumped right into technical questions. Asked about 6 questions that directly went with mechanical engineering then switched over to experience with CAD programs such as CATIA