!process Tesla offer

[noble wagon]

do u have an upciming int?

[undone galleon]

what teams

?

[neon whale]

how long did u get your offer after the write up @rapid solar? and which team

I got my unofficial offer on friday : D just waiting for the offer letter some time next week

[noble wagon]

which team? engineering automation software?

[neon whale]

Traffic engineering

Manages all web traffic for tesla. Very heavy on distributed systems & infrastructure

[noble wagon]

i got an int coming up any idea how u prepped for behavioral?

[neon whale]

Is it a phone?

And is it the 1st/2nd round @noble wagon

[noble wagon]

they havent told me no. of rounds thats what I wanted to ask, and its my first int but they said its mix of behavioral and tech

[neon whale]

For me, I only got 2 rounds. I've heard of most ppl having 3

To prep, I'd keep a good number of relevant stories in hand. Be able to go through decisions you made and why they were the right ones

[neon whale]

Also defo be confident (not cocky tho)

[neon whale]

gl btw @noble wagon bring it home 🙏

[noble wagon]

thank you man, any idea how i can prep for lc and also for tesla behavioral

[neon whale]

it's so team dependent, unfortunately : (

I'd say know your tech stack in and out

you may be asked q's on it (I've been asked a ton in the same round alongside behavioral + lcs)

for lcs, defo talk through different approaches

just be super communicative

might be super general advice but again, it's pretty dependent on what you're interviewing for (which team btw @noble wagon ?)

[noble wagon]

do u know for engineering automation software?

[neon whale]

nope : ( what's your tech stack tho

I've only interviewed for one tesla team (got a reachout for tesla cloud as well but they didn't want me, in the end xd )

[noble wagon]

are all tesla ints more than 1?

i feel like they would've told me the no. of rounds in the beginning but they have me scheduled like an amazon final, behav + tech together 1hour

[neon whale]

oh, fullstack

[noble wagon]

ye

[neon whale]

I believe so. I've heard most peeps having 3

is yours for fall?

[noble wagon]

do they not tell

[neon whale]

or summer

[noble wagon]

nah summer

i might push to fall

[neon whale]

nope

curious, which year are u in? unrrelated

[noble wagon]

soph

intl

[neon whale]

sheesh

I'm in my 4th year (of a 5 year degree)

[noble wagon]

undergrad?

[neon whale]

if they mention the next round is meeting with the hiring manager, it should be the final one

[neon whale]

yup!

[noble wagon]

oo i see

is there recruiter screening also?

[neon whale]

I haven't had a recruiter talk outside of the reachout. I think that was essentially the recruiter screen

[noble wagon]

u got offer?

[neon whale]

unofficial offer, yeah. team wants me but I just gave my final writeup - after it gets approved, I get the offer

every tesla employee goes through it so should be chilling

[noble wagon]

whats the writeup ?

[neon whale]

3 bullet points detailing achievements, awards you got, etc. pretty simple. also needed deets like when you want to start, what kinda sponsorship, etc

[noble wagon]

can they rej u here also lmfao?

[neon whale]

I've heard that if you write dumb shit yeah

[noble wagon]

what if ur awards arent enough lol

[neon whale]

friends who've worked there before said I'm chilling

[neon whale]

I think u should be aight

[noble wagon]

how long did the entire process take u

[neon whale]

since they look at ur resume in the first place

[noble wagon]

im worried about getting cpt auth from uni before time goes away

[neon whale]

ahhh

tbh, I don't know too much about that

I'm from canada

[noble wagon]

goin for US?

[neon whale]

yessir

[noble wagon]

ur also intl then?

[neon whale]

but yeah total time from first round (not including reachout) to unofficial offer

got the 1st round invite on Feb 19th

March 7th was when I did my final and was told the team wants me

[neon whale]

will be, yup

did u do your first round already?

[noble wagon]

nah going to

v nervous, are interviewers v grilling and tough?

[neon whale]

I would expect it for tesla, ye

no nonsense

[noble wagon]

especially with rise of cheating

will they like grill u hard

[neon whale]

I'm surprised they're pushing you so late

since I was told tesla stops in the beginning of march

[noble wagon]

i v recently got the reachout

[neon whale]

it pretty much is the beginning

[noble wagon]

ye they told me the end of march

meaning im going to be speed ran

[neon whale]

so maybe 2 rounds for you too

[noble wagon]

ye

[neon whale]

they did for me

[noble wagon]

what all

[neon whale]

?

[noble wagon]

what all did they ask

[neon whale]

can't talk too much about specifics but I think I mentioned above: theory, tech stack, lc, and behavioral

[noble wagon]

what did they ask in lc

like followups

[neon whale]

a few easies and meds

I got followups on optimization

different approaches too

can't share the specific q's (wouldn't help either since the team's are different)

[noble wagon]

ye i dont need

i jus wanted to know how they do it

its hella hard when ur facing tough interviewers vs interviewers who r kind

[neon whale]

100%

but

[noble wagon]

what would u classify ur interviewer as

[neon whale]

I've had kind interviewers before that have fked me over

[noble wagon]

huhh how?

[neon whale]

like in hubspot's final, got sabotaged by one. as I was writing out an edge case in the coding round, he told me my solution was correct and to stop

[noble wagon]

i mean like behavior wise, if the bro asks me question intimidatingly and loudly versus normally, even if i know the q that behavior can change the diff

[neon whale]

30 mins left in the interview

and I was later rejected because of that edge case :/

[noble wagon]

bruh

[neon whale]

oh well tho, tesla > hubspot imo

[neon whale]

that's fair

[noble wagon]

what other offers did u have

[neon whale]

I'd just stay confident

I had an RO for fidelity

got to the final round for nextdoor as well but didn't make it :d

[noble wagon]

i have playstation rn, does tesla gapp it cause ive heard tesla is also faang+

[neon whale]

hmm idk, personally I think tesla's underrated. noticed a lot of hate on this server because of elon (which is fair but again, gotta ignore him). I think it's cuz the ng salaries aren't great and the wlb usually sucks

[noble wagon]

arent those dealbreakers

[neon whale]

but at least for me, probably the best one I've interviewed for

[neon whale]

yeah but I heard an RO for a team gives u a higher salary

like you get a pay grade higher

[noble wagon]

how much

[neon whale]

I think it's like 195k-ish

[noble wagon]

o dam

[neon whale]

which is pre gud imo

but yeah in terms of faang

I'm from canada

highest hiring faang here is amazon

but amazon hires everyone with a pulse here

[noble wagon]

u got zon offer?

[neon whale]

I think tesla US >>> amazon canada

[noble wagon]

i got full in zon oa they ghosted me trash ahh

[neon whale]

no, was told I'd get the interview 5 times

I don't want to particularly work for zon after this either, unless it's in the states maybe

[neon whale]

ye same, full but no reply

welp, hope the advice helps 🙏

best of luck

[noble wagon]

yep thanks alot! any advice for researching about team?

[neon whale]

I'm prolly gonna dip from this dooming ahh server

for a bit

[noble wagon]

on internet i doubt theres nothing else

[noble wagon]

nice nice

[neon whale]

oh, probably hard to find info unless maybe you find someone on linkedin or its a popular team

I would look at your tech stack and any info they disclosed the closest

[noble wagon]

so then just prep resume behavioral?

yeah

[neon whale]

prep everything because they can ask everything

I refreshed Go and even practiced some LCs in rust (god awful experience btw)

this week was hell

and that included prepping a lot of networking and devops tools trivia and use cases

[noble wagon]

did it help

[neon whale]

yeah

[noble wagon]

why lmao? they said we can use our own language

[neon whale]

they sometimes don't let you

they usually say

you can use your preferred language

unless otherwise indicated by the interviewer

some guy on this server was asked to code in C++

so prep for the worst case

is the best advice I can give

[noble wagon]

holy

dam

okay

[noble wagon]

how did u even get shortlisted lmao, arent these things in ur resume?

[latent valley]

@rapid solar timeline?

[noble wagon]

then ur fucked

they go in v depth of ur resume, grill u hard

[noble wagon]

^^ know ur resume in and out and do leetcode thats it lmao

[mental valve]

hey can i dm you about your interview experience with nextdoor?

[cosmic fern]

Just read thru this thread, how was ur interview @noble wagon

I have one coming up

any advice?

[noble wagon]

i did really fucking good on the frontend int just to be rej good fucking luck

They make you build the entire tesla vehicle fontend and backend system within one hour 👍

[cosmic fern]

what was the technical like for u?

Was it a frontend problem or lc?

How was ur first round? Also what team?

[pale pebble]

what team?

[pale pebble]

wow this seems insane

[cosmic fern]

engineering automation software

Wbu

[pale pebble]

autonomy for Autopilot/humanoid robot team

[pale pebble]

did you complete your interview?

[pale pebble]

couldnt find any info online for the interview process for that team

[twilit pine]

@rapid solar How long did you hear back after final?

[rapid solar]

within a week