I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Tesla
Interview
This is for a phone interview last year pre-COVID.
Applied online and they emailed me for a phone screen with a recruiter. One of the questions is they ask about is my duties in my current internship. I supported two teams in then current role and begin by talking about both my bosses who head each department I work for. Not a minite in and she interrupts me to say, “I asked what YOU do, not your boss.”.... Well if you gave me a minute to explain what my teams do, I was going to go into that and how I contribute with my duties.
They also asked standard screen questions including availability and willingness to relocate for the summer.
Overall, I think it became apparent they prefer students who live in the Bay Area. Also that recruiter was not patient at all and I felt rushed to answer her questions.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA)
Interview
I had a standard first interview by phone with a recruiter. I moved on to the next round and spoke with 6 other employees, some by phone and some by video. I then had a phone call with the hiring manager. After that I was flown to Fremont to interview in person. The hiring manager was there but we didn’t have a conversation. I interviewed with 3 other people. About a week letter I received a form email from “Tesla Recruiting” (not from the recruiter I’d been working with for weeks) saying I was not selected. It was one of the strangest interview processes I’ve gone though. I interviewed with over 10 people over 5-6 weeks, I had positive feedback throughout the process, but then after an informal in person meeting I was rejected. I must have done or said something in person but was given no feedback or reasoning and was told that it wouldn’t be fair to provide feedback.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Oct 2019
Interview
The interview process took 5+ weeks. A recruiter reached out on LinkedIn, an initial phone screen with the recruiter, hiring manager, and then an on-site interview. The interviews were not bad at all as they were informal and conversational in nature, with standard behavioral questions asked. The interviewers provided me an adequate amount of time to ask questions as well. I heard back within a few days after the on-site interview. Overall, a positive candidate experience.