I applied for a position online for battery cell in Berlin.

The process involved:

• A written exam.
• A first talk with the recruiter.
• An interview with the lead engineer of the area.
• A panel interview with three more engineers of the area.
• A final interview with the senior manager in the US.

After a long process, I was told I had been approved for a write-up. However, the CEO then said all hiring must be paused, and I did not get the job in the end.

Months later, I managed with difficulty to get back in touch with the recruiter and the engineering manager. They said the position was not going to open any time soon.

For the test:

• What is the voltage capacity in a circuit after closing a switch?
• What is the surface temperature of a current-conducting wire?
• Solve a thermal resistance problem.
• What is the moment around a point in a statics problem?
• Is a car sticking or sliding under given velocities?
• Equivalence between moments of inertia.
• Equivalent springs.
• Thermal expansion coefficient size change.
• Forces between interacting bodies.
• GD&T analysis if a body is within specification.
• Energy in an impact.
• Tolerance stackup.
• Pressure loss in pipes.
• Process capability (CPk) analysis.

For the interviews:

• Why Tesla?