Applied online after contacting an employee at the company whose details were emailed to us through my university's employment office. After they reviewed my job submission I was invited to a personal interview. Interviewed at the local GE office in Glasgow. Quite large panel of interviewees, 7 people, as they were recruiting for 3 summer intern positions. Not quite informal, but I have been in touch with one of the interviewees so it wasn't a very awkward interview. No technical questions though. Good interview.

I was interviewing for this role in Houston from another GE Power Greenville (my former role). They scheduled within a week, 5 separate phone interviews with 5 team members, manager included. Each interview was about 1 hr, very casual, mixed between technical and behavior questions. I could tell they were not used to interview candidates. Within a couple of weeks, manager gave me an offer. I tried to negotiate but was told company policies for laid-off employees (GE) was offer non-negotiable.