Initially, I was referred by an ex-colleague who had moved to Tesla a couple of years ago.

First contact was through email, asking if I would be interested in a position at Tesla.

I performed a couple of phone interviews, which were equally split between describing the role and asking questions about my background.

They had a recruitment drive in my local city, which I was also invited to. This consisted of three 45-minute interviews with different managers whom I would be interfacing with. The only strange part was that I was not the only one being interviewed in the room at the same time.

After this, I had to write two short essays:

• The first was about the decisions I had made in my career and why.
• The other was describing why I would be an exceptional candidate for Tesla.

Then, there was one final interview with the VP of Vehicle Engineering.

Generally, the questions asked were designed to test your fundamental knowledge and understand your thought process. There were typical "name your strengths and weaknesses" questions, but the question "What makes you an exceptional candidate for Tesla?" also popped up more than once.