I applied online. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Apr 2019
Interview
Overall a very positive experience. First interview was with a Tesla recruiter who was very professional and helpful. Make sure you know what the mission of Tesla and some basic facts about the company. Second interview was with the hiring manager. Typical supply chain interview questions (service level, safety stock, inventory management, supplier issues, MRP, etc). Final interview was on site and included a 30 minute presentation about yourself and a case study problem, mainly done in Excel. For example, when would you order from the supplier? How much safety stock would you build? Conduct a run out analysis, etc.
The pace at Tesla is no joke, the main production line in Fremont cannot go down and supply chain management is relentless. Make sure you come off in the interview as a passionate, Type A, high energy, extremely hard working competitive individual that is in love with the Tesla mission.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What is your experience doing Material Planning? Have you dealt with multi layer BOMs? Do you have experience in ERP? How do you minimize excess and obsolete inventory?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Fremont, CA) in Feb 2015
Interview
first round HR screening, second round hiring manger just basic behavior viewpoint question, then onsite five interviews with peers and meet the team . the questions were easy if you have related experiences . No trick questions.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Tesla (Sparks, NV) in Jan 2016
Interview
I applied online and was contacted by a recruiter via email. I got a phone interview with the recruiter, two technical phone interviews with a team member and team leader. The first call was more around HR screening, and the latter ones were around my background and why applying to Tesla. Got invited to on site interview, which is composed of a panel presentation and 5 individual technical interviews. All questions were position related and everyone was super-nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you looking for a new job?
Why are you applying to Tesla?
Have you been in a manufacturing environment?
How many days-on-hand inventory do you keep?
What is one of your weaknesses?