I attended my school's career fair in the fall of 2012. I went to the GM booth and talked to several recruiters, at which point I was offered an interview. At the time, I was only looking for an internship, since I still had an additional year of school left.

During my interview, I was asked a series of situational questions, such as: "Given this situation, how would you react?" I was also asked questions where I needed to provide examples from my past jobs or classwork, so that I could show my experience with different situations. I was also asked about what types of work I was interested in, such as: hands-on, design, testing, etc.

After my interview, I was told I would hear back in about 3 weeks. Exactly three weeks later, I received a call from HR telling me I had been extended an offer. Once I accepted the offer, I began to receive information from Red Carpet, which is GM's onboarding program. This included information about drug testing, background screening, as well as documents to be filled out for employment.

GM uses its internships to find future employees. Think of it as an extended interview. Once I began work as an intern, I was given real engineering work and was expected to get it done. I did have plenty of help from my mentor, but I was still expected to do quality work. You get reviewed near the end of your internship, and if things go well, you are usually given an offer for full-time employment. If you still have more than a year left of schooling, you could also be given another internship.

For me, I was given a full-time offer as a validation engineer that was contingent on my graduation the following spring.

Please tell me about a time when you had to "BLANK".

For example, you might describe a time when you:

• Had to make a quick decision without a supervisor.
• Had to resolve a conflict within a group.
• Had to be a leader.