General Motors (GM) Software Engineer interview experience

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Markham, ONPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interviews leaned heavily into C++ and object-oriented fundamentals.

I spoke with two senior developers, and the questions covered core OOP principles and memory management, with a focus on how I’d reason about real design tradeoffs. A technical task was part of the flow, letting me demonstrate both coding and my thought process.

What surprised me was how specific one of the conversations got: even though most of it stayed rooted in past projects and behavior, I also had a question framed around fixing an issue tied to a particular machine. It felt like they were checking whether I could translate my experience into troubleshooting and debugging in a concrete

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