Tesla Hardware Test / Validation Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
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Tesla
Software Validation Engineer
Mid Difficult Positive experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical
The interview was super project-based. We really got into the weeds about my experience with ISO 15118 and NACS validation. The interviewer dug deep into technical basics, particularly ASIL D requirements and how pre-charge circuits work physically. No coding was asked of me since the technical chat took up the whole time. It was tough but felt fair, a real deep dive into high voltage systems.
Confirmed questions0 questions
No confirmed questions were included in this interview report.
Tesla
Test Engineer
Intern Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
It was pretty chill, with 1 technical and 2 behavioral rounds plus 1 recruiter call. It totally depends on the team and managers and whether they end up liking u or not. So it's super subjective. Being likable matters more than anything else.
Confirmed questions1 question
- - Previous experience + lots of basic behavioral questions
Tesla
Test Engineer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Take home
Interview formats
Technical
I received an email with a test assessment link about 2 weeks after I applied. It was a 90 min test with SQL, C#, Python and ISTQB questions that were not easy. I should spend 90 min (+ preparation, + relax after) when I still didn't discuss visa sponsorship, salary and other aspects of the role. I didn't pass this test because I am not good with C# and Python (a bit weird they gave me this test when I don't have anything about these languages in my CV).
Confirmed questions0 questions
No confirmed questions were included in this interview report.
Tesla Hardware Test / Validation Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Tesla interview reports.
“Why can placing an op-amp voltage follower circuit physically too close to the DUT lead to instability?”
Read reports →“Why does Tesla use only vision and not lidar or radar?”
Read reports →“If you had a knife made of some unknown material, how could you figure out what it is made from?”
Read reports →“How would you go about testing the internal resistance inside this battery?”
Read reports →“How would you go about measuring the temperature distribution along a metal rod?”
Read report →“In Python, what’s the difference between a list, a dictionary, and a tuple, and in what situations would you use each one over the others?”
Read report →“How would you figure out if there was a short in the circuit?”
Read report →“What kind of issues can happen with a flip flop?”
Read report →“Explain to me the stress strain curve for steel and for aluminum.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
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