I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Tesla (Pittsburgh, PA) in Mar 2015
Interview
Apply on campus recruit, and is informed to be interviewed next day at campus. It's a normal interview, mainly asking me to tell the details about my resume. Didn't get the second round interview (technical). And the HR even forget to tell me the result.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Tesla (Palo Alto, CA) in Jun 2015
Interview
I had my resume in their system and also had a copy forwarded to employees by co-workers who knew people that worked there. I was contacted by a general hiring manager who didn't seem to know much about the jobs I would be applying for, and they just asked about my resume and past employment history. I got passed onto the next hiring manager who was responsible for the group I would hope to work with. The questions from this hiring manager were much more specific and delved deeper into each item we discussed. I didn't get to hear about what would be expected of me in the positions, or much about the opportunities.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla in Dec 2014
Interview
An HR rep emailed me to set up a phone interview the next day. Interviewer missed the first appointment and after I contacted him, he setup another interview for the following day. He missed that appointment too and finally called about an hour later. The interview went pretty well and lasted about 40 minutes. At the end of the interview he told me they were interested in proceeding to the next phase which would be another phone interview with him, his manager and possibly an engineer from the team the position was with. This was 3 weeks ago and nothing has happened since then. I have sent several emails and left a few messages on his voicemail and haven't gotten any response at all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None of the questions were that difficult. Mostly they were just basic questions about my experiences listed on my resume and a few questions about my problem solving process.