Tesla Software Engineer interview: rushed transient heat transfer question

The technical interview felt jarring from the start. The interviewer was not very conversational and moved quickly from questions about my resume into transient heat transfer.

They first asked for specific details from what I had written, then gave the heat-transfer question in a way that felt rushed. I was trying to catch up with the pace and tone instead of settling into a normal problem-solving rhythm.

The difficulty felt high largely because that delivery made it hard to show my best thinking. I did not secure an offer, and I left thinking the communication style mattered as much as the technical material.

Location: United States. Overall feedback: negative. Offer status: no offer.