The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at GE in Feb 2010
Interview
Simple Process:
1. Phone interview to review resume, credentials, and job fit.
2. 1:1 interview with hiring manager to elaborate on experience in light of job description. Know the job description!
3. Background check and drug test.
With regards to the difficulty of the interview, things were pretty straightforward; know your resume and make sure to have STAR (situation, task, action result) stories in mind for each bullet on your CV or resume. This is very important and helps in lowering the stress and nervousness in any interview. My interviewers were very kind and laid back. At this GE office everyone wears polo shirts, no tie and suits here. The office is very minimalistic, not much to look at. There are cubicles and conference rooms which are hold the minimal, bare necessities to complete the task. I think this is typical of GE culture at this time, trying to reduce costs while maintaining high performance and results.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through your resume. (They had highlighted a number of points on the CV; so prepare to respond to each point therein.)
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at GE (Atlanta, GA) in Jun 2009
Interview
The interview was rushed and disorganized. I didn't have time to ask many questions and felt in some ways like they knew I could do the job and were just happy to fill the seat. They appeared quite stressed and overworked - clearly they needed to hire resources at lightning speed. No difficult quesions - just wanted to validate that I had all the skills and experience to get on board and hit the ground running.
I applied through other source. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at GE (Dallas, TX) in Feb 2008
Interview
GE's interview process works as follow's:
-Submit resume through GE Career System
-Phone Screen with HR Generalist (this person normally knows NOTHING about the actually position, they are simply listening for buzzwords outlined on the piece of paper in front of them). The intent of the phone screen is to determine if the resume contents are legit and you are worthwhile of an interviewers time.
-Panel Interview with Hiring Manager and a peer or two of the hiring manager. These interviews are behavioral in nature and revolve around questions related to the GE growth traits. Some of these might include:
Give an example of a time when you had to independently lead a critical project and resolve a difficult problem.
Tell me about a project that you led that required the involvement of people from various areas. What are some of the challenges that you faced? How did you overcome them?
-One over Interview with Hiring Managers boss. If you make this interview you are probably in the final two. This interview is also behavioral in nature and your answers should be exactly as stated in the Panel interview. This interview is normally conducted via phone.
-The offer. The hiring manager will call with a salary offer. They will low ball! GE offers notoriouly low salaries, but counter.
-The Counter. The hirinc manager will call back with the counter to your counter offer or acceptance of the counter.
-HR finalization. HR will email you 5000 documents and tell you when you to show up to pee in a cup for your drug test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give an example of how you improved a business process using analytics