RejectedOnsite

Seven-Hour Palo Alto Onsite, Failed at a Last-Minute HM Round

TeslaSoftware Engineer · Senior+ · Onsite · Sep 2026

A few months ago an HR person from Tesla reached out to me about a senior SDE role on an infra team under Tesla AI. I originally didn't have much interest in Tesla, but HR said their package could go up to twice my current package, which instantly got my attention, so I went and did the whole loop. Tesla hires by team, so the interview process and content are entirely decided by the team. It star…

Shared by a candidate · reported Sep 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.