GE Program Manager Interview

Interviewed Feb 2008 in Dallas, TX (took 2 months)

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.