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      Software Engineer/Technical Lead Interview

      17 Dec 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Tesla in Nov 2016

      Interview

      Facts: - I was interviewed by 1 HR, 1 Manager, 1 Engineer. - I took a technical test. - Tesla cancelled multiple times the first phone screening. - I was ignored for weeks after my third interview. - I had to contact multiple HR and only got my answer after emailing one of the managers. - This answer was a phone call with feedback about technical details that I never discussed in any of the three interviews I had. - At the end of this phone call I was asked for several weeks in which I could still be contacted if 'anything' came up. Opinion: -I was very excited to begin a process with Tesla but I have to say I ended up appreciating more the company I work for and very disappointed in Tesla (not only in the recruitment process but also in what I learned about the company during the interviews). -The HR person I spoke to needs training and this speaks bad about Tesla. His/her behaviour was very amateur. -The received feedback was random as it was about technical details I had never discussed in any of my interviews. -After finally receiving the rejection call, this person still asked if I could be contacted in the next few weeks. I believe this was a very bad attempt to leave the phone call with a positive instead of a negative (101 HR technique but horrendously executed as this would leave the person hanging). -My CV clearly targeted a leadership position (the manager mentioned this in my interview) but I was still asked to complete the technical test (which the manager said I should not have happened).

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