A few years ago, I contacted a buddy of mine at Tesla to see if they were hiring. That led to a call from their HR/recruiter and a nice chat. I remember being

A few years ago, I contacted a buddy of mine at Tesla to see if they were hiring. That led to a call from their HR/recruiter and a nice chat. I remember being interested enough to continue the process until we reached the end. It sounded pretty straightforward. Coding test, talk to a bunch of people onsite, etc. Each of the people would write up a report and it would work its way up to Elon Musk and he would make the final decision as to whether or not to hire me. In a small company of up to ~200 people, sure. A department that's maybe a layer or two beneath him, ok, maybe? I don't remember where this was exactly, but it was something involving web services or similar in C#, and I don't even think it was front-facing, but for internal use, so probably somewhere in the IT department. For my personal tastes, when the CEO is making hiring decisions on every position, that's an element of micromanaging that I'm not comfortable with, so Tesla is pretty much off my list.