Contacted by a recruiter and had 1st round interview in the next week. It was a technical interview with the team manager, started with a few ME questions, and asked about projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference between power and energy?
How to transfer torque to energy?
Multiple rounds!
1. Screening through email: General Questions like why Tesla? Visa Status? List down 2-3 achievements in X-Y-Z format....,etc
2. Technical Interview with hiring manager (30 minute): Questions on resume...GD&T?
3. Written ME Test:
4. Technical Presentation on a project I worked on (30 minute): Questions on presentation
5. Written ME test: Fluid mech, SOM, Moment calculations, Beams, Inertia, Stress Stain, Bernoulli's, Mass damper, thermals like conduction, convection calculations, Kinematics, RLC circuits, finding frequency response, general principles about electronic devices
6. 6 ,1:1 in technical interviews: Questions on Statics, Material properties (stress-strain curves), GD&T, Supply Chain Management situational questions, Engineering Drawing, Electrical Motor graphs.....
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Tesla
Interview
There were initial written questions, followed by a video interview, then a ME test, and a 2nd interview. This whole process took several weeks. It was an intense but fair interview