A recruiter reached out to me, and we had a phone call where we discussed the opportunities, who Tesla is, and my work experience. I felt the initial contact was very positive. The recruiter then set up a follow-up interview with the hiring manager for one of the available engineering positions based in Palo Alto.

Neither the recruiter nor the interviewer asked any questions relating to my personality or outside-work life, which I found odd for a tech company. The questions asked by the interviewer were the "what questions should I ask in an interview" type found on Google searches. They were very generic and, in my opinion, useless questions that do not gauge how a prospective employee would fit in.

All in all, I found it very odd for such a high-tech company to resort to such basic, old-school questioning in their interview process.

Name something in your work history that has challenged you, and how did you overcome this challenge?