I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Tesla in Nov 2011
Interview
Went to a Tesla booth at a job fair, they were conducting interviews the next day and I asked for one. Interview was one on one, standard STAR behavioral questions, the interviewer was very helpful and told me what they were looking for and gave me feedback on how well my answers fit with their company mindset.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing really tricky, just questions trying to clarify various aspects of my resume. Behavioral questions as well.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tesla (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2014
Interview
Had 1 hr interview with 3 members of the QA team. 2 members of teh team asked professional questions and at the last came teh QA manger who aske done question related to web testing and asked me illegal personal questions. Hiring manger was not ethical at all.
They asked me the following personal questions at a professional interview
1. How many kids do you have?
2. Age of your kids?
3 . who will take care of the kids? (Answer- Grandmom)
4. Is she going to stay here? For How long?
Its very unethical on part of teh QA hiring manager.
I happened to get the feedback later on that I was not flexible in timings as I mentioned i had a toddler and 5 year old girl.
They have rjected me.
After 1 week complained to teh HR. HR investigates and says that the hiring manger was perfect and they dint ask these personal question to me.
No justice was given to me.
I highly recommend that Tesla should get some ethical training on Hiring activities.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla
Interview
To be placed at an internship, Tesla has a multistaged interview process. The begin with an interview with a recruiter, which is general information: why are you interested, what team would you like to work with, etc. Know your resume. Then, if you are matched with a team you will have an interview with different levels of people within the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It caught me off guard when he asked me why I chose my current university. It wasn't a difficult question, just not something that I expected.