General Motors HireVue Interview Questions and How to Answer Them

For many engineering, software and internship roles, the first step after applying to General Motors is a recorded HireVue interview of STAR-style questions, sometimes followed by short games or coding.

Practise a HireVue-style interview

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How the General Motors HireVue works

Where it sits

GM’s own hiring steps are apply, assess, interview and offer. Candidates report the HireVue as the first screen after applying, before a phone screen, technical round or video call with the team.

Programmes

Reported for engineering, software, industrial engineering and controls roles, internships and co-ops, and the entry-level product development software rotational programme.

Length

Not published.

Questions

Not published. Reported as three to six.

Thinking time

Not published. Reported as up to a minute per question.

Answer time

Not published.

Retakes

Not published. Reported as two takes per question, where recording again replaces the first take.

After the questions

Some candidates report short maths and pattern recognition games. Some software candidates report coding questions in HireVue or a separate coding challenge.

Deadline

Not published. One candidate reported a week, with 48 hours preferred.

General Motors HireVue questions candidates report

15 questions from General Motors HireVue interviews. Prepare a story for each type rather than a script for each question.

Motivation and fit

Tell me about yourself.
Why do you want to work at General Motors?
Controls and software engineering
What are GM’s core values, and how do they align with your own?

Problems, goals and achievements

Tell us about a time you solved a personal or work problem. What were the challenges?
Software engineering rotational programme
Tell us about a time you had a challenging or difficult personal or professional task.
Software engineering
What was one goal you had, and how did you achieve it?
Software engineering
What is your best work achievement, or a personal goal or challenge you accomplished?
Industrial engineering
When did you have to quickly learn a new skill, and how did you approach it?
Software development
Describe a time you failed. What happened and what did you learn?
How do you prioritise when you have multiple competing deadlines?
Tell me about a time you drove innovation or introduced a new idea in a team or project.

Teamwork and people

Describe a time you worked on a team project. What was your role?
CAD internship
Describe a time you had a disagreement with a team member and how you resolved it.
Controls and software engineering
If you had a poor-performing teammate, how would you address it with them?
Describe a situation where you worked with people from different backgrounds or with different perspectives.

How to answer General Motors HireVue questions

Answer in STAR, with real examples

GM tells candidates its interview questions are competency-based, focus on behaviours and requirements, and are validated for each position. It asks you to use the STAR format with “specific, job-related, real examples”. Candidates describe the HireVue the same way: several STAR questions that feel like the same question asked differently, so prepare six distinct stories rather than one you stretch.

Map your stories to GM’s eight behaviours

GM publishes eight behaviours: Win with Integrity, Commit to Customers, Innovate and Embrace Change, Speak Fearlessly, Move with Urgency, Be Inclusive, Lead as One Team and Own the Outcome. The goal and achievement questions suit Own the Outcome; the new skill question suits Move with Urgency; the disagreement question suits Speak Fearlessly.

Use “Truth” in the disagreement answer

One of GM’s four values is Truth: “We pursue facts and respectfully challenge assumptions.” When you describe a disagreement with a teammate, show that you checked the facts, made your case politely and settled it on evidence, not that you simply gave way or won.

Tie “Why GM” to the vision and the role

GM says it is working toward “a world with zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.” Link one part of that to the team you applied to, such as safety for controls, electric vehicles for battery or manufacturing roles, or software for vehicle software roles, and back it with a project of your own.

Bring the customer into technical stories

GM’s first value is Customers: “We put customers at the center of everything we do.” In engineering and software answers, say who used what you built and what changed for them, not only how you built it.

Tips for recording your answers

Use the first take for real if you get two. Candidates report that recording again deletes the first video.
Send it in early. One candidate was asked to finish within the week, ideally within 48 hours.
Keep a different story ready for each question, since the questions can sound alike.
Leave time and focus for the games or coding that some tracks report after the video questions.
Test your internet connection beforehand, as GM advises for virtual interviews.
Look at the lens, not your own picture, with the camera at eye level.

Frequently asked questions

Does General Motors use HireVue?

Yes. Candidates for engineering, software, internship and co-op roles report a recorded HireVue interview as the first screen after applying.

How many questions are in the GM HireVue?

GM does not publish a number. Candidates report between three and six behavioural questions.

Can you retake answers in the GM HireVue?

GM does not publish this. Candidates report two takes per question, with a new recording replacing the first.

Does the GM HireVue include games?

Some candidates report short maths and pattern recognition games after the video questions. Some software candidates report coding questions instead or as well.

What happens after the GM HireVue?

Candidates report a phone screen or a technical round next, then interviews with the team before an offer.

Practise for the General Motors HireVue

Our AI interview practice uses the same one-way format: five questions on screen, 60 seconds to prepare, then up to a minute to answer on camera. Choose the finance focus and the questions lean towards finance, with feedback on relevance, clarity and structure and on what finance assessors look for, such as commercial awareness and integrity. You also get a model answer to your weakest question.

The questions are ours, not General Motors’s. Start answering before the 60 seconds are up to match a shorter thinking time, and since practice lets you re-record, do one session in a single take.