Tesla Assessment Tests

Careers at Tesla

Tesla is an American company that specialises in electric vehicles and clean energy.

Tesla’s headquarters are in Austin, Texas. The company employs over 70,000 people globally in roles as diverse as engineering and HR, finance and sustainable development.

Founded in 2003, Tesla has grown exponentially to become one of the world’s most valuable companies and a leading voice on electronic and sustainable machinery.

As you might expect from a company this innovative and successful, Tesla’s hiring process is hugely competitive and whatever the role, will involve multiple stages and rigorous assessments to ensure you have what it takes to work there.

Tesla Online Application

The hiring process starts with an online application.

You can see if there are any suitable jobs for you by searching via city or job title on the Tesla careers page.

To apply for a job, you’ll need to create an account. You’ll then be asked to upload your CV, and fill out a profile including details of your relevant skills and experience.

The Tesla recruiters will then review your application and if they deem it successful you’ll be invited for a phone interview.

Tesla phone Interviews

The hiring manager or an internal recruiter will arrange to phone you and speak about your application in more detail.

As well as the information you submitted, they’ll also want to know why you want to work for Tesla, and if you have any additional skills or experience that might make you suitable for the role.

It’s important to be well prepared for this call as if it goes well you’ll be invited to the next stage of the process, which is only for candidates Tesla employers are interested in.

Tesla Hogan Personality Test

Every Tesla applicant who makes it past the phone interview stage will be asked to take the Hogan personality test.

The test seeks to understand if you have the motivations, traits and characteristics that Tesla most values in its employees.

The Hogan personality test looks at five different facets of the human personality: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism (otherwise known as OCEAN).

By answering questions on hypothetical workplace scenarios, you’ll build up a picture of the kind of person you are and the OCEAN traits you possess, which in turn gives Tesla a better chance of understanding whether you’re likely to do well in the culture and environment of the company.

Tesla is then able to predict your performance based on the problem-solving, strengths, weaknesses, and values you’ve displayed throughout the course of the test.

Although this isn’t a test you can necessarily prepare for, you can look at the company values and put together a picture of the type of employee they’re likely to value based on the company’s goals, motivations and objectives.

Tesla Assessment Centre

If you do well on the Hogan personality test, Tesla will invite you to the final stage in the process — the assessment centre.

Designed to see how you work as part of a team, and how well you cope under pressure, the day (sometimes, it can be a couple of days), involves a series of activities that may include: group discussions, a presentation, role-playing, tests and more interviews.

All eyes will be on you, so make sure you are engaged, interested, confident and strike the balance between listening to others while also sharing your own ideas and opinions.

General preparation for numerical, mechanical and verbal reasoning tests as well as brushing up on your technical skills where necessary will also be useful depending on the role you applied for.