I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Tesla (Paris) in Oct 2015
Interview
I had three interviews, one with a recruiter which was just a simple and basic HR interview then another one with an Engineer in the team who asked me some random questions about my motivation and then few of them were a bit technical but still pretty easy and basic then the final one was with the manager with some other technical questions of a higher level
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
I had an initial interview with a recruiter, who asked questions about myself and my interest with the company and what I would like to do. This lasted less than 30 minutes. There was then 2 follow up technical interviews, one with engineering team members and one with manager. These were pretty in depth and lasted an hour each. They asked questions about projects I have worked on and designed. They gave me a problem that they were experiencing and asked me to go through my diagnosis procedure.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Here is a problem, describe the process you would use to diagnose the problem.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla in Apr 2016
Interview
Made it through two rounds of interviews
The first was very simple and basic (30 minutes). Recruiter asked about resume and previous experience. Wanted to know why I wanted to work in the specific department.
The second interview was great. Over the phone conversation with the manager lasted about an hour. Super helpful and open to answering any questions. Really interested in your future goals and what drives you.