I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Nov 2013
Interview
Applied through the company web site. Received a call from an outside employment agency - I've never sent them my resume or contacted them. They did not know anything particular about position, but thought I was a fit (?). Never heard from them again. Then received a call from Tesla recruiter. Friendly enough. We've figured out I was not what they were looking for - it did not look like recruiter knew what that position was about, but she said she'd put my resume on hiring manager's desk for another position. OK, we had a good chat. However, later same recruiter would not reply to emails asking for an update - a common courtesy, you'd think? She did post that position on LinkedIn as in "we are hiring for xxx" about 2 months after our chat. It all looked like pretty weird, random, inconsistent hiring efforts to me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No difficult questions during the phone pre-screen, just the traditional "Why Tesla?" I am honestly excited about the product and she proceeds to point out that there are other cars out there, etc. Was about to ask why she was there... A bit strage.