I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla in Jun 2021
Interview
First interview was very casual and was designed to evaluate relevant project experience from the mechanical engineering field. Was mostly asked about my location and willing to relocate and desired salary.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your robotics experience and the project that you worked on.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Jul 2021
Interview
Interview process was fairly straight forward. A recruiter reached out to me about the position so I had a quick 20 min phone call with them about my interest. Next a second interview was scheduled with the hiring manager that same week which was all technical. They didn’t ask me one question about my resume just technical questions about the position. Kind of disappointed they didn’t ask me questions about my resume or anything about the company because I wasn’t able to showcase my passion for their goal. Said I did above average and liked what was on my resume (despite not asking me questions about it) so they made me feel confident but when they got back to me they decided not to move forward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name points on a stress strain graph
Definition of material properties
Free body diagrams
Static equilibrium problems
It was a short and quick interview about 25 mins. Technical questions and some questions on my previous experiences and projects that I worked on, they wanted to know some deep details so they can know you think and also really have done the work or someone else in your team done it