Purchasing Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Tesla with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Purchasing Intern roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Tesla overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Tesla as a Purchasing Intern according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 38%
Personality test: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 13%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Interview was a mix of technical and situational based questions to which straight to the point answers were expected. The first round went well and I was informed about a second round a week later. The interviewer in the second round tried to grill me by obstructing my answers.
2 rounds ; Staff & Sr Manager for the Raw Materials Team
STAR format, work ex, projects, why Tesla, some should costing, approach with suppliers trade off between cost, quality, volume
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you onboard a new supplier, for a new product introduction?
What are the biggest challenges one can face when managing multiple suppliers?
What kind of incoterms did you day to day in your last job?
Why Tesla?
3 rounds of questions based on your resume and different types of scenarios thrown at you. Overall good experience. Not a lot of behavioral questions but definitely more of a conversation style interview.