A recruiter contacted me about the position. I had a phone interview with a manufacturing manager within a day or two of confirming my interest.

About a week later, the recruiter informed me that I would be flown out for an on-site interview. A background check was completed before I could fly out.

For the on-site interview, I had to prepare a 20-minute presentation of a particular engineering problem I had solved. My flight, hotel, rental car, and meals were paid for.

On the day of the interview:

• I presented to a group of engineers.
• I interviewed individually for 30 minutes with each engineer.

Lunch was provided, and I also toured the Tesla factory.

I remained in contact with my recruiter over the next few weeks as the team interviewed other candidates, until I was offered the position.

Be able to talk about your past projects in extreme detail.

Review basic mechanics.