I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla in Apr 2011
Interview
This was my first phone interview. We did a Google-docs type thing with speaker phone.
Found by recruiter, submitted updated resume/cover letter. About 2 weeks later (to my surprise) a phone interview was scheduled. Had a nice chat with the head of Interactive Software, then was given a Google-docs question: wrote code to enumerate all possible alpha-phone codes given a number.
After about 15-20 minutes I wasn't able to figure it out. Very irritatedly he said something like "well, everybody has to do it. good luck to you, bye".
I don't know if it's customary for the interviewer to be that terse/to say goodbye after a single question, but I found it to be rather rude and shortsighted. Would be curious to hear other people's opinion about that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a phone number, write an algorithm to print all possible alpha-codes that correspond to it.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Tesla in May 2011
Interview
It was jus a phone interview. Nothing great. It was not very difficult.
But i did not get a call back................... ..................
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Jun 2010
Interview
Open environment, fast paced, no nonsense. Process is Phone interview, meet with manager and team for interviews, present projects, talk to HR about $, fill out paper work. They are looking for passionate people that are really good at what they do.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a project you have completed successfully and explain your role.