General Motors (GM) Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I experienced GM’s software engineering process as a fairly smooth, paced sequence.

It began with an HR screener, and from there I had a mix of technical work and deeper conversations. After each stage, there was a noticeable gap—about a week between interviews—so it didn’t feel like everything was crammed into a few intense days.

The technical portion included live programming with a manager, and then there were additional interviews that leaned more on systems design and domain knowledge. Across those rounds, I kept running into behavioral prompts connected to my background, and the emphasis was on explaining my experience clearly rather than just naming buzzwords. One

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