Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 150 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Tesla overall takes an average of 58 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Tesla as a Data Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Apr 2026
Interview
3 round in total
2 Tech Round with coding with sql(multi Join) and python(leetcode) and resume dive deep and why tesla why data engineer
last round in person onsite(didn't make it)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode meeting room 1 and meeting room 2
sql - multi Join
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
First was a recruiter call then technical screening and technical data knowledge after taht there is a in person panel interview for the role. Questions were based on the current tesla developments and my background.
I got reached out by a recruiter on email, asking for answer to screening questions, following which I was invited for an interview with a Staff Engineer on the team.