I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Tesla (Pittsburgh, PA) in Sep 2016
Interview
Recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn. Met with her and the Region Manager. Very informal; met at a coffee shop in the mall. Interview lasted about 45 minutes. Said they would get back to me, but never did.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Usual interview questions: tell us about yourself, what are your job responsibilities, what's a weakness, etc. Got awkward at one point when they began pressing me for information about my current employer. I politely explained that I couldn't go into detail for reasons of confidentiality. They told me that was ok, they can find the information out anyway.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Philadelphia, PA) in Dec 2016
Interview
The interview process was routine at first, but went well beyond the normal store manager interview. Total of 5 interviews spanning two weeks. Normal interviews with HR, Regional/District Manger, then the process changed a bit from the normal as the Director of Sales and VP of sales both finished off the interview process. Be warned VP of sales is incredibly tough, and not friendly during interview. Poor control of facial expressions, rolled eyes at responses, and cut me short several times when he didnt hear the exact thing he was asking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How was your experience in the Tesla Store? Make sure you visit right before your interviews since there are many specific questions regarding the store, that i was unprepared for.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Tesla in Aug 2016
Interview
Received a call from a senior recruiter with initial phone screen. After passing the phone screen was scheduled to have an in-store interview with the Regional Sales Manager. This was then followed through with several phone screens, HR Director, Senior Marketing Director and Director of Sales. At this point in the process I was told that there would be one more final interview and that was scheduled at the Fremont Factory with the President of Sales and HR Director. Once the interview concluded this was where all contact fell out. Even after being told throughout the process the next steps at the end of each interview there was no contact from either the recruiter nor HR as to next steps beyond the final interview with President of Sales. Highly unprofessional interview process that is long and drawn out for no particular reason. When you as an applicant are spending several months in the interview process as a general rule you should at least receive some contact as to whether you were selected or not. However, it seems this is the norm with Tesla and you are just another applicant to them that once they are done their decision making they don't bother to respond back to your follow up. Not a company that I would want to work for even if an offer was made at this point based on their process.