General Motors (GM) Software Engineer interview experience

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Markham, ONPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a more intense, multi-step process that felt challenging but still fair, with coding concepts and more rigorous technical discussion alongside STAR—likely spanning several stages.

HR screen + coding assessment — A 30-minute HR interview followed by a Codility assessment.
Senior-team phone interview (embedded/C/C++ or Java) — A 60-minute verbal technical discussion focused on embedded systems and my experience with C/C++ or Java.
In-person day (multiple rounds) — Three in-person interviews in one day: behavioral with the hiring manager, then two technical rounds including live whiteboard coding (preferred C++/C).
Situation/Task/Action/Result format emphasis — Another difficult path where I was expected to frame responses strictly in a

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