I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Apr 2014
Interview
Pre-screened on phone by company's recruiter. Two phone interviews. Full day on-site interview with 7 different groups of people. All the people I met and talked with were sharp and asked great questions. The process was lengthy but thorough. One downside was that they did not leave much time for me to ask my questions. Typically I was asking them my question(s) as they were walking out the door to let the next group of interviewers in. So I was getting one or two word answers. Great people and very passionate about the company and the product. The office space is completely packed wall-to-wall and people working elbow-to-elbow, and the parking lot was almost overflowing. I'm glad I showed up early so I could make the long walk from the far outer edge of the lot to the front entry. It was obvious the company is growing like crazy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nearly all questions were technical and of the sort: "given problem "X" how would you solve it, or what would you do?" There were no "gotcha" or behavioral questions. Almost every interview group asked me "Why do you want to work here?"
I applied through other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA)
Interview
Phone interview, then a coding exam. I did the coding exam perfectly correct, but then the recruiter came out with an excuse that I failed, because the format of my answers was not the way she wanted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Actually questions were not too bad, the recruiters are very unfreidnly
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA)
Interview
The overall process was nice, but it was a lenghtly process wich lasted several month. So be prepared to spend some time with several conversations as I had about 7-8 in total. So Patience is the biggest character feature you will need.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
With still to some extend limited knowledge about the company to hold an entire sales pitch for the product.