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Software Developer at General Motors

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in May 2013 – Reviewed May 17, 2013 New

Interview Details Applied online. Phone interview that lasted about an hour. Asked behavioural/situational questions. Expected scenario, challenge, approach, lesson, and application elsewhere. Also had technical screening with some Java/mysql concepts. Got onsite interview a week later. Similar questions asked again.

Interview Question – Nothing too dificult   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – Waiting on response

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Mfg Engineer at General Motors

Accepted Offer – Reviewed May 17, 2013 New

Interview Details Thorough interviewing process, transparent hiring good environment

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IT Analyst at General Motors

No Offer – Interviewed in Pittsburgh, PA (US) – Reviewed May 15, 2013 New

Interview Details Met a recruiter but I think she offered me an interview because their table was not that popular. She asked me right off the bat if I was comfortable with Excel and pivot tables. I told her I was decent and went home to learn more about pivot tables. When I admitted that I had done research the night before, the recruiters seemed to like that because one of the interview questions was "How do you learn new material?". The rest of the questions were STEM and asked me about group projects I had been in. They also asked if I would be willing to relocate to Detroit. I got a second round interview with one of the previous recruiters and an IT manager who asked me the same questions again but overall, didn't get an offer.

Interview Question – Talking about settling difficulties with team members   Answer Question

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Enterprise Reporting Analyst at General Motors

No Offer – Interviewed in Detroit, MI (US) Mar 2013 – Reviewed May 15, 2013 New

Interview Details Received a call from Talent Acquisition rep. Asked some prescreening interview questions.
Received a detailed email with details for a face-to-face interview. It included directions, tips regarding their behavorial interview.
Had half hour meeting with a Talent Acquisition/HR rep.
Then had a one hour interview with the hiring manager and another lady.
Immediately after, had another one hour interview with two men.
In both meetings, tag teamed with behavorial interview questions.

Interview Question – Just multiple behavorial interview questions.   Answer Question

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Mechanical Engineer at General Motors

No Offer – Reviewed May 13, 2013 New

Interview Details I interviewed for the powertrain engineering position at the powertrain facility in Pontiac. There was a phone interview then they flew me into Michigan for the second interview. Both interviews were more behavioral than technical, which seemed odd. The second round interviews were with two different managers, both were about an hour long.

Interview Question – Tell me about a time where you had to work with someone who was not of the same culture/country   Answer Question

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Tech Lead at General Motors

Accepted Offer – Reviewed May 11, 2013 New

Interview Details behavior questions, ask experiences.
Well orgnanized, people seem to be happy

Interview Question – a lot of questions on how I managed team and projects   Answer Question

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Material Supervisor at General Motors

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Lake Orion, MI (US) Mar 2012 – Reviewed May 09, 2013 New

Interview Details very structured : STAR process

S-situation
T- Tast
A-Action
R-result

Each question revolves around those statements. "Describe a time you had a problem and used it to create an opportunity"?

Interview Question – Describe a time you had a problem and used it to create an opportunity"?   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – Entry level position coming from a 3PL contract company. I didnt negotiate much but was pretty happy with the offer

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Business Analyst at General Motors

No Offer – Interviewed in UC Berkeley, CA (US) Apr 2013 – Reviewed May 07, 2013

Interview Details Did not know that GM actually interviewed on campus. Hiring process was relatively painless. Hiring manager gave the sit rep about the company and why they were hiring. I was then given a panel interview by other employees. Most of the questions were actually behavioral, not technical, which surprised me a bit.

Interview Question – What was something that you had to learn quickly?   Answer Question

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IT Project Manager at General Motors

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Detroit, MI (US) – Reviewed May 06, 2013

Interview Details Conducted a phone interview first with HR. Received a packet in the mail explaining the interview process. Phone interview went well and then scheduled an in person interview. In person interview was with three different people, one was the hiring manager. I received different questions from each person but was expected to answer each question within the STAR format (Situation, Tasks, Actions, and Results). It took another week, and they scheduled my drug test. I passed all tests and was offered a job.

Interview Question – What have you done in a difficult situation where you didn’t know how to solve it?   View Answer

Negotiation Details – There was no negotiation, I was expected to take what they offered. For my experience, it was actually a good offer.

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Software Developer at General Motors

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Feb 2013 – Reviewed May 05, 2013

Interview Details I spoke to a recruiter at a career fair at my school. A few weeks later they came back and called me in for an interview on campus. There were five or so different questions that were pretty open ended. It was really more of a conversation than an interview. The questions dealt with how I dealt with different past projects and items from my resumes and also how I would deal with certain situations. There were no technical questions. I got a call a few weeks later with the offer and they gave me a few weeks to respond. They also flew me out to their office for an informational session where I got to learn more about the company before I made my decision.

Interview Question – The questions were not very difficult so long as you can easily talk about your past and the things on your resume.   Answer Question

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