I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at GE (Cheltenham, England) in Feb 2016
Interview
First I applied online. I then was invited to complete their online Talent Simulation Tests. This included questions like "what would you do if" and you then ranked each answer. After that I was invited to complete a video interview. This wasn't live so you we're just recording your answer. You 30 seconds or so to think of your answer, so make sure you've prepared! After successfully completing this I was contacted about the available roles. I selected the ones I was most interested in and then waited for a manager to invite me to interview. I was then selected to be interviewed, which took around 90 minutes. The same day I was contacted with a verbal offer!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Video:
- Your hero and why?
- Why GE?
- Make sure you look at the camera.
- Wear something smart (Shirt)
- Find a quiet space and tidy your room!
Face to Face:
- Competency based question...
- Tell me a time when...
- Technical questions about the role
- Whats a pointer?
- Why GE and the role specifically?
- Make sure you keep eye contact.
- Again wear smart uniform (Shirt & Tie etc.)
- Don't panic when they ask you something you don't know.
- Ask to come back to it or ask for some time to think, it will not matter!
- Make sure you prepare some questions to ask!
- Do not ask ones about the salary or company car!
- Best of Luck! Hope to see you there :)
Quick and friendly interviewers. Made aware of timelines, got feedback fairly quick, next steps explained in detail. Made the job expectations very clear. First stage, interview and third stage. Onboarding process explained and was met with the actual managers that you would then work with.
6 step interview over the course of about 2 months. At the end they told me theyd read my resume wrong and couldn't actually hire me. The engineering manager for the position seemed like a good guy, really just depends on the team you end up on at these big companies.
the hole proccess took around 1 month i think, once i started the intervies its take prrety fast .Two technical interviews including quastions of imaging, like how to blur an image etc, then hr interview just to know you.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at GE with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 76 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at GE overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at GE as a Software Engineer according to 76 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 19%
Phone interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 11%
Background check: 11%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 2%
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