General Motors (GM) Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

Sunnyvale, CAPosted Aug 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

This one felt different from the others I’d experienced, and I never really got the impression they were actively trying to hire.

The HM used a basic scripted set of questions, and the conversation leaned almost entirely on behavioral and situational prompts based on prior employment and relationship-style history.

Because it stayed so basic and scripted, it honestly didn’t feel like a deep evaluation. I walked through scenarios and tried to answer in a straightforward, positive way, but the overall energy was more like going through motions than making a decision.

I didn’t receive an offer, and what stuck with me was that the process felt like a poor use of time rather than a competitive interview. My reflection is

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