General Motors (GM) Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
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General Motors (GM)
Software Engineer
Senior Average Neutral experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
The interview process involved a technical interview, followed by a coding interview, and then a behavioral round. We'll dive into your core experience with large-scale data/telemetry pipelines, ADAS/AV systems, vector databases, LLM automation, root-cause analysis tooling, and signal processing & anomaly detection. We also want to hear about your familiarity with ECU, CANoe, CANape, Linux, and embedded workflows. Additionally, we'll assess your system design thinking, your ability to build tools for embedded/AI/QA teams, your problem-solving style, and your ownership and end-to-end engineering mindset. Expect questions like 'Explain your projects', 'How would you design a tool for X?', and 'Tell me about a time you solved a complex problem.'
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you elaborate on your knowledge of data structures and algorithms?
General Motors (GM)
Software Developer
Mid Difficult Positive experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Phone screen Onsite Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
First, I had a 30-min chat with HR. Then, I did a Codility test. After that, I had a 1-hour phone chat with a senior dev about embedded systems and C/C++ or Java. Lastly, I did three in-person interviews in one day: one with the hiring manager (behavioral) and two technical interviews with live coding challenges on a whiteboard using C++ and C.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- What is the best data structure for a Sudoku Game?
- Can you do a high-level design for a Diagnostic Monitoring system?
General Motors (GM)
Software Engineer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
I had a virtual screening interview with HR, which was pretty straightforward. They looked over my resume and asked a couple of specific questions about things on it. Then, a week later, I had a technical interview that lasted about an hour. For the first 20 minutes, we talked about my resume and work history, and they gave me a little more info about the job. The other 40 minutes were all about CodeLive exercises, where I was mostly left to my own devices. The first part involved a coding problem, and the second part had multiple-choice questions about different aspects of the programming language used for the coding problem.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Tell me about a time when you realized your planned solution wasn't going to work and how you handled it.
General Motors (GM) Software Engineer Interview Questions
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“If a robot can mine 1 gram of minerals or reproduce itself daily, what's the least number of days required to mine n grams?”
Read reports →“Given an array that repeats, "40, 40, 40, 50, 50, 60, 75, 75, 75, 75" you have to count the number of repeats and output something like this: "3, 40, 2, 50, 1, 60, 4, 75"”
Read reports →“Regarding system design, how would you implement an LRU cache? In LeetCode, I used a hashmap combined with a doubly linked list.”
Read reports →“Can you explain what a star schema is in a database context, and provide a real-world example of its application and benefits?”
Read reports →“And a linear algebra matrix question? I gave up halfway through the second one but if you know this stuff they should be Leetcode easy”
Read report →“Can you explain how you would design a software component for sending signals to various controllers, considering different communication protocols?”
Read report →“Was it a good time, helpful, insightful, and learning? Was it very good and well, very much so? Was it a great interview that took place and did it awaken you?”
Read report →“Can you share an experience where you had a disagreement with someone and how you found a way to compromise?”
Read report →“Describe a situation where you made an unpopular decision in a team setting or at work that ultimately led to a good outcome.”
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