I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Tesla (Ámsterdam) in Nov 2018
Interview
I did not apply for the role but was messaged by a recruiter through LinkedIn. The interview process entailed roughly 11 meetings over 2 months for a mid level finance position. Very long and challenging with multiple cases, testing Excel skills, strategy and behavioral examples, all on California time (between 8 an 11pm CET). Interviews also occurred at the Amsterdam head office with 3 people in a row, each having 30 minutes to one hour to ask questions. Final round included the VP Finance asking screening questions based off your CV, akin to a first round interview with a recruiter. I found out later that Tesla laid off 4,000 staff right around the time I was interviewing. I received a call 2 months later from a recruiter I had not met telling me they liked me, but that my Excel skills could be better. It was a bizarre, frustrating and long process. Everyone was professional and very intelligent but it did feel like all decisions were passed through one person. Not sure how it has changed in the days since (when I interviewed, it was right around the time the company was experiencing production issues). Advice would be to shorten the process as you'd likely lose great candidates to competing firms.
HR call, hiring manager call, panel interview (multiple 30min back-to-back) with people you will be working with. Most of the questions are behavioral questions and walk through some of the projects in the past
It was a multiple round process and each interview was for one department. It was a mix of technical and behavioral. They are trying to see where will you be the best fit and where will you be able to grow.
They try to figure out how you think. Some technical testing with regard to basic coding skills, Excel, etc. They will ask you some technical questions based off your resume.
