I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Tesla (Austin, TX) in Jan 2020
Interview
Basic two round phone interview; the first round is a manager from another team, the second round is the mentor of my internship; first-round only took 20 mins, second round last 40 minutes
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1st: Why Tesla, why this role, are you really interested, what's your skill, some tech questions based on past projects and work 2nd: Detailed question about PCB design, how to bring up the board, how to make design more robust, how to design your circuit with higher tolerance, discussed past experience
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in May 2018
Interview
Phone interview, followed by a full-day on-site interview with 6 members of the team. Day started with a technical presentation on a topic of my choice. Interviews had lots of abstract questions testing fundamental concepts and general practical engineering knowledge. Overall it was a great experience - we just talked shop and the questions seemed more like formalities.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some parameters of a battery module drop test
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla in Oct 2017
Interview
Applied directly through the website and was contacted the next day by a hiring manager, who informed me that I seemed to be an ideal candidate for the position for more than one department. After a brief phone interview, the hiring manager let me know that he needed to talk with the various group managers, and said that they wanted me to move forward to the next step, which was a practical exam. The exam was timed and done entirely online...which I did, within a reasonable amount of time. I sent the exam and NEVER received any follow up. I waited and followed up myself and never received any further communication. So after being told that I was an "ideal" candidate, I was just left in the dark. I don't feel that my performance on the practical exam could have been that bad, and although there were a few questions that I could not answer (which I already told the hiring manager that I did not have experience with prior to the test, and they seemed fine with it), I was able to answer everything else that I did have experience with. Completely unprofessional handling in that they did not even bother to let me know they decided not to move forward with me during the selection process.