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On the phone and on-site the interviewer asked several situational problem solving questions eliciting me to respond with examples from my own work experience. However, on-site they also gave me a coding test with requirements for small programs and 4 SQL statements. The requirements were simple, but more academic than real world. (I have never been paid to write a Fibonacci code generator or a Palindrome detector) Anyone who has been out of college for 20+ plus years would require at least 10 minutes per question just to dust of the cob webs, and the test had a 30 minute time limit.
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Lead Software Developer

Interviewed at General Motors (GM)

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Aug 15, 2014

On the phone and on-site the interviewer asked several situational problem solving questions eliciting me to respond with examples from my own work experience. However, on-site they also gave me a coding test with requirements for small programs and 4 SQL statements. The requirements were simple, but more academic than real world. (I have never been paid to write a Fibonacci code generator or a Palindrome detector) Anyone who has been out of college for 20+ plus years would require at least 10 minutes per question just to dust of the cob webs, and the test had a 30 minute time limit.

Very basic questions coding problems if you can solve Leetcode medium than this interview is piece of cake but the difficult part is they want someone who can speak N1 level Japanese. So don't waste time applying because suddenly they will ask 5-6 rounds to be in full Japanese.
Feb 11, 2022

Very basic questions coding problems if you can solve Leetcode medium than this interview is piece of cake but the difficult part is they want someone who can speak N1 level Japanese. So don't waste time applying because suddenly they will ask 5-6 rounds to be in full Japanese.

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