General Motors

Software Developer Interview Experience

February 1, 2016

Neutral ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I was hired out of college to join GM's New College Hire program. Even with a non-CS major, I passed easily. Perhaps I got lucky with my interviewers, but the questions were largely non-technical. Personality and attitude seemed to weigh heavier than technical prowess, since they were intent on putting most of the new college hires through training again anyway.

Questions

Tell us about a time you had to solve a difficult problem.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 227 interview experiences for the General Motors Software Developer role in United States.

Success Rate

59%

Pass Rate

General Motors's interview process for their Software Developer roles in the United States is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive78%

Neutral16%

Negative6%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for General Motors's Software Developer interview process in United States.

General Motors Work Experiences

Awful environment - do not recommend

Software Developer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Generous pay and good resources to work with. Large budgets to work with in case you want new software tools to tinker with.

Cons: Managers could be nicer. You will love your work, but chances are you won't like coming into work every day. Leaders and Directors tend to have non-IT backgrounds, so a lot of time is spent dumbing down your work for others. Also, promotions have been decided years in advance, and new hires are at the very bottom of the pyramid.

Awful environment - do not recommend

Software Developer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Generous pay and good resources to work with. Large budgets to work with in case you want new software tools to tinker with.

Cons: Managers could be nicer. You will love your work, but chances are you won't like coming into work every day. Leaders and Directors tend to have non-IT backgrounds, so a lot of time is spent dumbing down your work for others. Also, promotions have been decided years in advance, and new hires are at the very bottom of the pyramid.

Solid employer, reasonable workspace

Software Developer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Work at your own pace and learn a lot.

Cons: Agile isn't exactly as it appears in the books here.

Solid employer, reasonable workspace

Software Developer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Work at your own pace and learn a lot.

Cons: Agile isn't exactly as it appears in the books here.

It's all about gender at GM

Software Developer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: I like the fact that diversity is embraced and there are equal opportunities for women here. Austin is a great facility, a newly converted warehouse with a lot of nice breakout areas.

Cons: Too much emphasis is placed on diversity, which has caused some demotions and put certain people on pedestals who should not be there. GM wants xx% of its managers to be women by 20yy, which is great, but it will come at the expense of a lot of existing staff members.

It's all about gender at GM

Software Developer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: I like the fact that diversity is embraced and there are equal opportunities for women here. Austin is a great facility, a newly converted warehouse with a lot of nice breakout areas.

Cons: Too much emphasis is placed on diversity, which has caused some demotions and put certain people on pedestals who should not be there. GM wants xx% of its managers to be women by 20yy, which is great, but it will come at the expense of a lot of existing staff members.

Awful environment - do not recommend

Software Developer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Generous pay and good resources to work with. Large budgets to work with in case you want new software tools to tinker with.

Cons: Managers could be nicer. You will love your work, but chances are you won't like coming into work every day. Leaders and Directors tend to have non-IT backgrounds, so a lot of time is spent dumbing down your work for others. Also, promotions have been decided years in advance, and new hires are at the very bottom of the pyramid.

1.0
Awful environment - do not recommend
Software Developer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
June 27, 2019
Pros: Generous pay and good resources to work with. Large budgets to work with in case you want new software tools to tinker with.
Cons: Managers could be nicer. You will love your work, but chances are you won't like coming into work every day. Leaders and Directors tend to have non-IT backgrounds, so a lot of time is spent dumbing down your work for others. Also, promotions have been decided years in advance, and new hires are at the very bottom of the pyramid.

Solid employer, reasonable workspace

Software Developer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Work at your own pace and learn a lot.

Cons: Agile isn't exactly as it appears in the books here.

4.0
Solid employer, reasonable workspace
Software Developer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
June 3, 2022
Pros: Work at your own pace and learn a lot.
Cons: Agile isn't exactly as it appears in the books here.

It's all about gender at GM

Software Developer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: I like the fact that diversity is embraced and there are equal opportunities for women here. Austin is a great facility, a newly converted warehouse with a lot of nice breakout areas.

Cons: Too much emphasis is placed on diversity, which has caused some demotions and put certain people on pedestals who should not be there. GM wants xx% of its managers to be women by 20yy, which is great, but it will come at the expense of a lot of existing staff members.

2.0
It's all about gender at GM
Software Developer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
July 13, 2019
Pros: I like the fact that diversity is embraced and there are equal opportunities for women here. Austin is a great facility, a newly converted warehouse with a lot of nice breakout areas.
Cons: Too much emphasis is placed on diversity, which has caused some demotions and put certain people on pedestals who should not be there. GM wants xx% of its managers to be women by 20yy, which is great, but it will come at the expense of a lot of existing staff members.

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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