General Motors

Engineering Interview Experience

January 1, 2011

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The position was for the development of new materials for fuel cell membranes. I gave a presentation on my Ph.D. work on proton exchange membranes, which was well received.

During the interviews, only "target" interview questions were asked, such as:

"Tell me about a time you had to make a difficult decision."
"What was the biggest mistake you've ever made?"

Memorize answers to questions like those and you will be fine.

Questions

When was the last time you had to take a risk? What happened? What did you do? What was the result? What did you learn?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the General Motors Engineering role.

Success Rate

33%

Pass Rate

General Motors's interview process for their Engineering roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive67%

Neutral17%

Negative17%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for General Motors's Engineering interview process.

General Motors Work Experiences

3

Engineering • Former Employee

Muncie, Indiana, United States

August 15, 2009

Pros: GM provides a good salary and benefits to both salary and hourly employees. The company is still large enough to be a major producer of vehicles.

Cons: The UAW rules that have been established over the years now put the company at a competitive disadvantage. Toyota continues to get better, even though GM has closed the gap in quality. There is still bureaucracy in management and the UAW, which eliminates the possibility to make quick decisions, thus leaving GM behind the competition or being threatened by strikes by the UAW.

Engineering • Former Employee

Muncie, Indiana, United States

August 15, 2009

Pros: GM provides a good salary and benefits to both salary and hourly employees. The company is still large enough to be a major producer of vehicles.

Cons: The UAW rules that have been established over the years now put the company at a competitive disadvantage. Toyota continues to get better, even though GM has closed the gap in quality. There is still bureaucracy in management and the UAW, which eliminates the possibility to make quick decisions, thus leaving GM behind the competition or being threatened by strikes by the UAW.

A good place to start a career

Engineering • Current Employee

Detroit, Michigan, United States

February 25, 2023

Pros: Company culture is trending in a positive direction.

Cons: Overworked in some small areas of engineering.

A good place to start a career

Engineering • Current Employee

Detroit, Michigan, United States

February 25, 2023

Pros: Company culture is trending in a positive direction.

Cons: Overworked in some small areas of engineering.

Good Start, Skills Slow

Engineering • Current Employee

October 4, 2021

Pros: Good to work as a new grad student.

Cons: You may have difficulty developing new skills.

Good Start, Skills Slow

Engineering • Current Employee

October 4, 2021

Pros: Good to work as a new grad student.

Cons: You may have difficulty developing new skills.

3

Engineering • Former Employee

Muncie, Indiana, United States

August 15, 2009

Pros: GM provides a good salary and benefits to both salary and hourly employees. The company is still large enough to be a major producer of vehicles.

Cons: The UAW rules that have been established over the years now put the company at a competitive disadvantage. Toyota continues to get better, even though GM has closed the gap in quality. There is still bureaucracy in management and the UAW, which eliminates the possibility to make quick decisions, thus leaving GM behind the competition or being threatened by strikes by the UAW.

4.0
3
Engineering • Former Employee
Muncie, Indiana, United States
August 15, 2009
Pros: GM provides a good salary and benefits to both salary and hourly employees. The company is still large enough to be a major producer of vehicles.
Cons: The UAW rules that have been established over the years now put the company at a competitive disadvantage. Toyota continues to get better, even though GM has closed the gap in quality. There is still bureaucracy in management and the UAW, which eliminates the possibility to make quick decisions, thus leaving GM behind the competition or being threatened by strikes by the UAW.

A good place to start a career

Engineering • Current Employee

Detroit, Michigan, United States

February 25, 2023

Pros: Company culture is trending in a positive direction.

Cons: Overworked in some small areas of engineering.

4.0
A good place to start a career
Engineering • Current Employee
Detroit, Michigan, United States
February 25, 2023
Pros: Company culture is trending in a positive direction.
Cons: Overworked in some small areas of engineering.

Good Start, Skills Slow

Engineering • Current Employee

October 4, 2021

Pros: Good to work as a new grad student.

Cons: You may have difficulty developing new skills.

4.0
Good Start, Skills Slow
Engineering • Current Employee
October 4, 2021
Pros: Good to work as a new grad student.
Cons: You may have difficulty developing new skills.

General Motors Interview Questions

Number of Connected Components in an Undirected Graph

Determine the number of disconnected groups (connected components) within a given undirected graph. You're provided the graph's edges and need to find how many separate, reachable islands of nodes exist.

Implement Trie (Prefix Tree)

Design a data structure that efficiently stores a set of strings and allows for prefix-based searches. Implement methods to insert strings, search for complete words, and check if any word starts with a given prefix.

LRU Cache

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

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