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Naveen Kumar

Captain · DISC type DS
Recruiter at Tesla
📍 Pune, Maharashtra, India

As a Talent Acquisition Partner at Tesla, Naveen Kumar manages the end-to-end recruitment process for Sales, Delivery, Service, and Software. With over seven years of experience in the EV and SaaS sectors, he is described by colleagues as motivated, dedicated, and resilient.

He joined Tesla as the #1 Recruiter in India to support the companys market expansion.

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Experience
7 Years
Current Role
Recruiter
Job Level
Junior
Location
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Personality Overview

How Naveen shows up

Output-Driven
Decisive But Calm
Consummate Professional

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Priorities

Topics Naveen cares about

EV Industry Talent
Has extensive experience recruiting for leading electric vehicle companies, including Tesla and Ather Energy, with a focus on India's market expansion.
Scaling Technical Teams
Specializes in scaling high-performing teams at Tesla across software, engineering, and silicon, continuing his work from previous SaaS roles.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Recruiter
Tesla
9-2022 - 4-2025
Senior Executive - Talent Acquisition
Ather Energy
11-2021 - 7-2022
Senior Technical Recruiter (Impacted By Layoff)
InVideo
11-2021 - 7-2022
Senior Recruiter (Impacted By Layoff)
InVideo
5-2021 - 11-2021
Senior Talent Acquisition
Aditi India
In the press

Media appearances

Tesla AI Recruiter Exposes Why Most Engineers Will ... – SWE Accelerator Podcast. Featured in Apple Podcasts (SWE Accelerator)
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Naveen | Working at Tesla. Featured in Weekday.works
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Education
2013 - 2017
BTech
B K Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology, Pilani
2012 - 2013
Class XII
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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