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Updated May 27, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Intern at Tesla Motors
Posted May 27, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 (took a day)
Neutral experience
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Firmware Engineer at Tesla Motors
Posted May 21, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Palo Alto, CA (took 2 weeks)
Initially I had a phone interview with the hiring manager and then I was called for an onsite interview. I started with giving a presentation to a group of managers and firmware engineers. Then I had a 1:1 interview with all the 6 members present in that group, followed by the VP of the company. The questions were related to my projects and some basic C ones as well. Then I was asked to take C based a pen and parer test. They asked me a few brainteasers also. Overall I had a good experience.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Intern at Tesla Motors
Posted May 16, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 (took a day)
HR called and asked me to introduce the projects listed in the resume.
One additional question asked 'Why you choose mechanicao engineering as your major?'
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Accounting at Tesla Motors
Posted May 9, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 (took 2 weeks)
Tesla's recruiter contacted me and spoke briefly about my background in payroll and accounting, whole process about 20 minutes. Another Tesla recruiter called the following week to ask reason I would be a good candidate compared to my competitors. Came in for a first interview within a few days after 2nd phone interview and came in for 2nd interview within 2 days after the 1st interview.
Applicants beware, they are only after you if you have a degree from an Ivy League and even if they do find someone, they will keep your job posted to continue receiving resumes.
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Reason for Declining
1. Rudeness and air of superiority of the recruiters and managers. They kept on asking why I chose to go to a non-ivy league school and when I said I graduated debt-free, they were not impress because degree is from a less prestigious school.
2. Not worth relocating to a new place.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering Internship at Tesla Motors
Posted Apr 25, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 (took 4+ weeks)
Tesla is going through some major growing pains right now. I was contacted for an initial interview in mid March by a junior engineer. The interview went well, and I was subsequently scheduled to be contacted by the engineering manager for that position. However, the interviewer failed to call me during our scheduled time, and neither he nor HR let me know that this was going to happen. We rescheduled, but unfortunately, the same thing happened again--the manager failed to call me, and no one let me know that this was going to happen.
We rescheduled for a third time, and fortunately I was able to connect with the manager, nearly a month after our first attempt at an interview. The interview went well, but I was not offered a job.
Neither interviewer had looked at my application or resume before my interview, and as a result we weren't able to talk about my experience as much as I had wished.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Summer Internship at Tesla Motors
Posted Mar 25, 2012 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 (took 3 weeks)
The summer internship hiring process consisted of three interviews, the first with a staff member in human resources, then two one-on-one technical interviews with the group which I might join. The technical interviews were mainly to discuss past experience listed on my resume. I was asked to submit samples of my work.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering Intern at Tesla Motors
Posted Mar 3, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 4+ weeks)
Multiple phone interviews with: college programs manager, prospective mentors, team manager, and finally the department director. Questions were generally about background and work interests, but varied depending on the interviewer.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Logistics Manager at Tesla Motors
Posted Mar 1, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 2 weeks)
Applied online.
Contacted by HR and talked briefly about experience and job position.
First a phone Interview with Hiring Manager; mainly diving deeper into resume/experience and more in-depth into job position.
Second an on-site 1:1 interview with a group/panel (about 8 total); All interviews were very open/informal, with no specific format or questions... mainly talked with each interviewer about how their position ties into potential job position.
Very poor perception of the people and culture: People who interviewed me (almost all there under 1 year) seemed to not know very little about the company and even less about the position I was applying for.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Engineering Internship at Tesla Motors
Posted Feb 22, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took a day)
Phone interview consisted of general behavioral interview type questions. I was asked to talk about my project work and about what kind of position I wanted. Ultimately, I was told that I wasn't a match for the position becuase I lacked prior experience in an industrial environment. I was quite surprised that they were asking for prior experience for an internship position, while most students apply for internships to gain some experience in the first place.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Electrical Engineer at Tesla Motors
Posted Feb 16, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took 1+ week)
An employee referred me in, and I was matched with a recruiter. The company recruiter helped me find a group that I would match well with, and I interviewed on the phone with the group. After that, I was invited on-site within a week to give a presentation, and interviewed with various engineers.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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