Engineering Placement Interview Experience - United Kingdom
March 1, 2015
Negative ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Phone interview and online application. After the phone interview, I was sent an email with options. It took a long time to receive the email, and when I was offered a placement, they could not offer me what I had applied for.
Questions
Questions about company ethos and professional standards
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the General Electric Engineering Placement role in United Kingdom.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
General Electric's interview process for their Engineering Placement roles in the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for General Electric's Engineering Placement interview process in United Kingdom.
General Electric Work Experiences
5.0
Graduate Engineer Training Programme
Graduate Engineer • Former Employee
Rugby, England, United Kingdom
August 31, 2022
Pros: Great people to learn from.
Cons: Some rotations lacked career development.
2.0
Unsure what to do with Apprentices
Database Administrator • Former Employee
Amersham, England, United Kingdom
May 31, 2025
Pros: The company hired lots of graduates and apprentices.
People were friendly.
Cons: - The company didn't give out hardly any work, and the apprentices seemed to be forgotten about.
- No apprentices were kept on at the end of the contract.
2.0
Internal Moves, Workload Chaos
Senior Protection and Control Engineer • Current Employee
Stafford, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
November 8, 2020
Pros: Flat reporting structure, opportunities to move internally.
Cons: The workload plan is poor and not justified at times.
- 5.0Graduate Engineer Training ProgrammeGraduate Engineer • Former EmployeeRugby, England, United KingdomAugust 31, 2022Pros: Great people to learn from.Cons: Some rotations lacked career development.
- 2.0Unsure what to do with ApprenticesDatabase Administrator • Former EmployeeAmersham, England, United KingdomMay 31, 2025Pros: The company hired lots of graduates and apprentices. People were friendly.Cons: - The company didn't give out hardly any work, and the apprentices seemed to be forgotten about. - No apprentices were kept on at the end of the contract.
- 2.0Internal Moves, Workload ChaosSenior Protection and Control Engineer • Current EmployeeStafford, Staffordshire, United KingdomNovember 8, 2020Pros: Flat reporting structure, opportunities to move internally.Cons: The workload plan is poor and not justified at times.
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