I was contacted via LinkedIn by a third-party recruiter (who did not work for Tesla) inquiring if I would be interested in a Controls Engineer position with Tesla Motors. I replied the same day with my resume as requested and scheduled a brief phone interview for the next day.

The phone interview was somewhat challenging, as I had to escape from a hectic work schedule momentarily with little time to review. The questions focused mainly on my previous experience. One question involved describing a challenging problem at a previous employer and covering all aspects of how I solved it.

I was asked about my current salary and was told this information was needed to determine if "they could afford me." The recruiter was professional in all communications.

After the phone interview, I was given the name of a recruiter who would potentially call me within a few days. I also promptly received a follow-up email with a job description and links for Tesla, including YouTube videos presumably for company branding. Some of the videos had been removed due to TOS (I believe one was a Discovery Channel Giga Factory video).

Otherwise, I immersed myself in Tesla for the following days. Twelve days later, in the morning, I received a somewhat unexpected call from Tesla's recruiter, as no specific time had been set. The recruiter's questions were somewhat basic: "Why would you want to work for Tesla?" and "What do you know about Tesla?" (I made the mistake of calling the "Store" a dealership... oops).

The recruiter was friendly and upbeat and discussed a further interview with a supervisor in the Controls Engineering department. I promptly received a follow-up email with the same job description and Tesla branding links. We scheduled the second phone interview with the supervisor for later that day.

I received a call at the scheduled time and we discussed the position for 15-20 minutes, during which I answered several questions regarding my previous experience. The interviewer was professional and pleasant to speak with. The call ended with the interviewer stating he would talk to another engineering supervisor to see "if they had any open positions for me."

I looked forward to hearing back but heard nothing for 10-12 days. After which, I followed up with Tesla's recruiter via email but received no response. One week after that, I followed up with the third-party recruiter, who promptly replied that they would follow up with Tesla. I received no further response.

Reading other interview reviews, I assume this is the end of the interview process.

There were no difficult or unexpected questions; everything was pretty straightforward.