Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Tesla as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Recruiter and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior Recruiter and roles were rated as the easiest.
The HR was nice, he transferred my profile to a manufacturing manager and the job descriptions changed for process engineer, then the manager asked me about experience of using database, which has nothing to with my profile, and he wanted me to do some strange works that are totally different from the job descriptions he gave me. I was very confused.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Tesla
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter through Linkedin. After a call with him, they set up an 30 mins phone interview with the hiring manager. I had the most uncomfortable interview I could remember for a long time. The manager was abrasive and not very interested in my background. I had the feeling he was looking for certain types of answer from me. Not to mention during the 1/2 hour he mentioned at least 4-5 times how he hires smart and intelligent people. All bad signs.... Ultimately, who wants to work for a manager like that.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2015
Interview
Interviewer asked me question concerning my resume, mostly about my prior work experience. They went point-to-point, asking questions along the way. It was a university hire position, but interviewer didn't ask a single question about my course work or skills gained from university, which was odd. Also, interviewer asked me about my job availability and relocation opportunities.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe previous work experience and tasks that I had to do