Tesla
Automotive and energy company pushing boundaries in autonomous driving and AI.
4 Rounds
~18 Days
Hard
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Technical Loop (3-4 Rounds)
Deep dive into domain knowledge, coding, and system design.
Interview Question Bank
Data Engineer
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Coding
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hard
Write a SQL query to identify 'gaps' in vehicle telemetry data. Specifically, find all instances where a specific vehicle stopped sending pings for more than 5 minutes, given a table of pings with (vehicle_id, ping_timestamp).
#Gaps and Islands
#Lead/Lag Functions
#Time Series Analysis
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Given a table of vehicle battery temperature logs with columns (vehicle_id, timestamp, temperature), write a SQL query to calculate the 7-day rolling average temperature for each vehicle. How would you optimize this if the table has billions of rows?
#Window Functions
#Time Series
#Query Optimization
Data Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Given a table 'production_logs' with columns (factory_id, car_model, produced_at, status), write a SQL query to find the top 3 factories with the highest daily yield rate (successful builds / total attempts) for the Model Y over the last 30 days.
#Aggregations
#CTEs
#Ranking Functions
Data Scientist
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to find the top 5 Supercharger stations with the highest average wait times over the last 30 days, considering only stations with at least 100 charging sessions per day.
#Aggregations
#Filtering
#Date/Time Functions
Data Scientist
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Coding
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medium
Given a table of daily odometer readings for the Tesla fleet, write a SQL query using window functions to calculate the week-over-week percentage change in total miles driven per region.
#Window Functions
#CTEs
#Data Transformations
Product Manager
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Coding
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medium
Write a SQL query to find the top 5 Supercharger stations with the highest average wait time during peak hours (4 PM - 8 PM) over the last 30 days.
#Data Analysis
#SQL
#Performance Metrics
Software Engineer
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Technical
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medium
Write a SQL query to find the top 5 vehicle models that have experienced the highest average battery degradation percentage over the last 12 months. Assume you have a 'vehicles' table and a 'battery_telemetry' table with daily logs.
#SQL
#Aggregation
#Window Functions
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