I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla
Interview
Recruiter call with basic questions about work history and if the job aligns well. Typical timed leetcode easy and SQL medium types questions for tech round followed by a panel interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a data collection system and how would you handle missing/lost data in a time-series data set?
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.