I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
The interview primarily comprised of the technical questions related to the field for which the position was open. There were general questions about the company and background. The engineers who interviewed were thorough professionals and stuck to their task of analyzing if the candidate is really applying the engineering and critical knowledge to solve an engineering problem. They try to hint answers if the candidate is a doubtful about an answer. Proper feedback in a reasonable time is commendable.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla in Oct 2018
Interview
Applied through university / college link. After 2 weeks of apply, received a email to sign up a time for screening interview. Then 3 weeks later another recruiter scheduled me to interview with a senior engineer
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Nov 2018
Interview
Did an interview with a recruiter in October. Heard back that the quality team at Fremont wanted to interview me for their intern position. First interview was with a senior quality engineer, and he asked technical questions on my resume and one technical assembly line problem. This problem was to check how you think and react to high pressure situations and to test your logical thinking ability as an engineer. Second interview was a final one with the manager of the team and it was basically a reassurance interview which was the same format as the last one but a lot faster. Got an email about the offer 20 minutes after the interview. All interviews were over Zoom! Overall a great experience and my tips are to make sure you know the company and your resume inside out and try to match what you say to the job description.
If you had to deal with issue X in the assembly line and you only had three hours to test and implement it, how would you approach the problem and solve it?