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General Motors Interview Questions & Reviews

Updated Jun 13, 2013
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Customer Relationship Specialist at General Motors

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Warren, MI (US) May 2013 – Reviewed Jun 17, 2013 New

Interview Details Got a call from recruiter to set up initial interview. Met with two team leaders for the interview. Very nice ladies and really were interested in my experience and had open dialog. 24 hours later I got a call for an offer!

Interview Question – Tell me about a time you gave excellent customer service? Why are you a good fit?   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – No negotiation. Take it or leave it.

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Dealership Sales Consultant at General Motors

No Offer – Reviewed Jun 13, 2013 New

Interview Details Great experience, and just received a request for a background check verification.

Interviewers were extremely friendly and went into great depth with their questions. Their questions were very wide open so it was important to stay on topic and keep your answer relevant. Spend a lot of time preparing for interviews with this company.

Interview Question – How did you deal with ambiguity in the workplace?   Answer Question

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SQL at General Motors

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Detroit, MI (US) Jan 2011 – Reviewed Jun 07, 2013 New

Interview Details Was asked for an internview in January. they waffled around about it for months and then pulled me back in around May only to ask me the same questions they asked the first time. not sure if it was to see if I would answer them diffrent but now that I have worked for them for a while it's clear they are total morons who do not have a clue about modern buiness. the company is so far in the past it's a wonder they survived. err.. I take that back.. Chapter 11. avoid this company at all costs.

Interview Question – They tried to get personal about work/family life balanace and I refused to answer   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – it took months and when they pulled me in for the 2nd interview they asked the same questions over

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Buyer at General Motors

No Offer – Interviewed in Warren, MI (US) Apr 2013 – Reviewed Jun 06, 2013 New

Interview Details Why you want to work at GM, Why you are looking, overview of experience and several behavior based questions with 2 different managers. It was basically an hour with each manager. The feed back was quick. interviewed on Friday, regret email on Monday.

Interview Question – A decision I made that I regretted.   Answer Question

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GM Dealer Sales Consultant at General Motors

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Detroit, MI (US) May 2013 – Reviewed May 30, 2013

Interview Details Applied online and received a phone call from from a talent acquisition representative within 48 hours. The phone interview was about 20 minutes long and consisted of basic questions about my resume, work experience and salary/benefit expectations. I received another phone call from the same rep. the next day and he scheduled a face to face interview in Detroit for the following week. First part was a 30 minute orientation about GM and it's benefits etc. Second part was broken down into 2 separate hour long interviews. Each interview was with 2 managers. Interview questions were in the Lominger format but some of the questions would digress into questions about my resume and work experience. Each interviewer would constantly stop the cadence of the interview to write down notes as I answered each question. Know your resume and be prepared with different situations to base your answers on to avoid sounding repetitive. They will press you to elaborate extensively on some portions of your answers just to see how you respond to unanticipated questions. Overall a positive experience, interviewing managers are very friendly.

Interview Question – Describe a time you employed rigorous logic to complete an assigned task?   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – It was a generous offer with great benefits. I did not negotiate as it was beyond my salary requirements.

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Service Desk Level I Incident Agent at General Motors

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Warren, MI (US) May 2013 – Reviewed May 29, 2013

Interview Details Online Application then a phone call. You go in for an interview which has a LOT of Active Directory questions. Then you wait for an "offer." After this you accept then get your offer in writing and get a hire date

Interview Question – What creative processes have you provided to your current or past employers   View Answer

Negotiation Details – None- non negotiable since they are hiring so many people which stretched out the budget.

You are suppose to be able to negotiate thou, so remember that.

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Engineering Specialist at General Motors

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Oshawa, ON (Canada) Jan 2011 – Reviewed May 27, 2013

Interview Details Applied on linked in. Was contacted by email after about 4 months. It took several weeks to arrange an interview and several more to get hired. The original job was lost because management pulled the role and postponed hiring. The interview itself is a modified version of the Star model. They want to know what you learned from your individual experiences.

Interview Question – No technical questions to speak of. All behavioural, just look them up online   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – They don't negotiate with contract employees. They assign a budget to your contract house and you negotiate with them. My contract house tells me that they get about 13% margin on me.

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Senior Transformation Program Manager at General Motors

No Offer – Interviewed in Austin, TX (US) May 2013 – Reviewed May 24, 2013

Interview Details Received a Call Mid Day. Recruiter asked if I was able to do a Phone interview that evening. As their Hiring process requires a phone interview prior to an in person. Scheduled a Phone Interview at 7pm on a Wed and Scheduled an 11 to 3 pm In person interview for the next day. The phone interview was with the hiring manager. The Next day at the in person. Had a 30+ minute Sales and marketing pitch on "this is GM". Then had a 30+ minute discussion with HR on the companies Benefits. After that I had two 1 hour interviews, one with the Hiring manager again which was more of a general conversation as we just talked the night before and with another Director that was her peer. Both had to go through the companies list of Lominger behavioral questions.

Interview Question – Nothing was difficult in my mind.   Answer Question

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Software Developer at General Motors

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

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

Interview Details Thorough interviewing process, transparent hiring good environment

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