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      Firmware Engineer Interview

      14 Sept 2015
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Palo Alto, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Aug 2015

      Interview

      A recruiter contacted me, to talk about the potential fit over the phone, then went through a coding questionnaire. After that, 2 more phone interviews with short coding exercises. So far so good, then I was asked to come onsite for an interview, 15-20 minute presentation followed by 6 one on one interviews with senior engineers. Electronics, coding, and general firmware design questions. One became aggressive and condescending about one of my projects, and I was as professional about it as I could be. He was arrogant and close minded with a horrible attitude, even though I really knew what I was talking about. The other 5 engineers were very enjoyable and the overall experience was good, however they said they would move forward with another candidate.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Coding exercises, general electronic questions, general firmware questions
      Answer question
      6

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      Firmware Engineer Interview

      17 Dec 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Palo Alto, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA)

      Interview

      The recruitment process was very standard. starter call, screening calls and on-site. I didn't make it to onsite. Positive experience through out the process. No hold up, every questions answered clearly.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      design a thermal management systems. What/how would you troubleshoot based on given constraints.
      Answer question

      Firmware Engineer Interview

      18 Mar 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Tesla

      Interview

      Go through the project I did before and 3 coding questions by using C language, and ask behavior questions like Why Tesla? The whole process took 1 hour more or less

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      pointer problem, big endian little endian, bit operation
      Answer question

      Firmware Engineer Interview

      30 Apr 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Austin, TX
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Tesla (Austin, TX) in Dec 2024

      Interview

      Call with recruiter, call with HM, virtual onsite with 5 interviews, I was then asked to create a presentation to give. I declined to do so and surprisingly they allowed me to continue the process.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Was given code written in c and asked to find any errors.
      Answer question

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