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Updated Jan 13, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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IT Specialist at IBM
Posted Jan 13, 2012
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2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Washington, DC (took 3 weeks)
I frequently researched companies and their applicant processes on Glassdoor so I wanted to post an informative description of the interview process for the position I accepted with IBM.
I am recent grad and found this opportunity on Dice. I pursued two internship opportunities while in college with IT firms and earned a strong GPA. After applying, I was notified by recruiters by email that I was chosen to interview over the phone. The only interviews were over the phone and they were 3 45 min interviews. Two were with Project Managers and one was with a younger employee. The interviews with the Project Managers were pretty open-ended. A lot of the questions were "situational" in nature. Both managers seemed interested in my work experience while in college and allowed me to expand on the skills I learned (SQL, Java, etc) and my responsibilities. Be able to answer why you chose to work for IBM without giving a canned response. Make sure you are prepared to answer any type of behavioral-type interview questions during the interview with the PMs.
My conversation with the younger employee was a little more technical. He wanted to know what languages I was comfortable with and asked me fundamental questions like "What are the four cornerstones of OOP". Nothing too difficult really - just research common tech interview questions. The interviews went well and they made me a preliminary offer. They seemed to be more interested in finding great, young talent that can work well with a team rather than a developer with 5 years of experience and plenty of SDLC knowledge. However, I would say my previous work experience was instrumental in getting noticed.
Still, I had to complete the IBM IPAT exam after the preliminary offer - do your research before completing it b/c it might be difficult if you are unprepared. Also, there is probably a minimum score you need to attain in order to proceed to the next step. I will not go too in-depth about it because it specifically states not to do so, but you can find basic info on different forums via google search about the format. After the exam, I received an official offer and a whole bunch of paperwork to fill out online. There is a week of orientation at the home office before they send you on-site.
Honestly, the offer was at least 8K more than my other offers. While the home office for GBS is in Herndon, VA, it was communicated to me that much of the work will be done in DC and the higher salary may be accounting for cost of living, frequent travel requirements, etc. but I can't be sure. Regardless, the offer was much higher than what I expected to make my first year out of college and IBM does have a strong reputation as one of the best employers for young IT professionals in the D.C. area, IMO. My interviews with about 5 smaller IT firms in the area were much more technical and paid less. My interview experiences with these firms were not as enjoyable.
This is just about everything I remember about the applicant process. I will be sure to post a review of my role after I have been with the company for an ample amount of time. To this point, my interaction with IBM has been pleasant and I am excited to engage the project I am assigned to.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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IT Specialist at IBM
Posted Dec 28, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in Markham, ON (Canada) (took 5 days)
Initially interviewed with IBM for my co-op term in school. Had to write an online aptitude test first at home. Time was limited for the test and I don't think I had enough time to finish the test, but the questions weren't too difficult nor tricky. Then had an 1 on 1 interview on campus. It was not a technical/skill interview, and only asked about experience and stuff.
After a few co-op terms, they have opening and so I just continued working there for full time after graduation.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Background Check.
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IT Specialist at IBM
Posted Dec 21, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Columbia, MO (took 2+ weeks)
I have applied several positions and i got an e-mail from main HR departmant. That process took a while (Lets say about 2 months) After Headquarters HR department. Local HR contacted me via e-mail. Then they called me to confirm interviews date.
At the interview day i went 5 minutes erarlier to the facility. I waited about ten minutes and my interviewer showed up. She was reaaly nice, helpful and polite. She explained job duties and reqirements again. and started to ask me questions about my resume. She took notes all the time.
She asked about my career goals and explained to me what kind of opportunites they can offer.
Salary issue was not a big deal. She asked me about it but. We did not discuss about a certain number.
Then i got a call from HR department at the Headquarter they offered me that position.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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IT Specialist at IBM
Posted Dec 1, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Washington, DC (took 3 weeks)
I got my interview through a university and then was put in touch with a recruiter. I got contact information for three interviewers and had to call them all one after the other. To be completely honest, I have interviewed for quite a few different jobs while in college and the people I interviewed with were among the most pleasant I've experienced. They seemed down to Earth, and the interview was the right amount of balance between a question and answer on both ends. Honestly, just speak passionately about what you know and love from your resume, because that will really make the interview more comfortable, I think.
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Negotiation Details
There was no negotiation. The offer was great, especially compared to what I would have gotten elsewhere.
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Background Check.
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IT Specialist at IBM
Posted Oct 7, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in East Fishkill, NY (took 2 days)
Phone call asking multiple questions about how I would react to a situtation and what I would like to do for their company.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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IT Specialist at IBM
Posted May 27, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2009 (took 2+ weeks)
There were total 4 rounds:-
1) Technical Round.
2) Manager's Round(PDM Round).
3) HR Round.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.
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IT Specialist at IBM
Posted Mar 4, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 in Montreal, QC (Canada) (took 3 weeks)
Applied online, i had a certification on the technical work the position required, so it made it easy for the interviewer and me.
Interview questions were from the job resume/projects in the resume. Walk- through of the past experience was requested by interviews and questions were raised/asked from each of the experiences.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Negotiated on the joining bonus. Was offered a $5000 as joining bonus.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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IT Specialist at IBM
Posted Feb 3, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took 4+ weeks)
work culture is good.
Non-Technique interview questions
1. Last 2 years experience and achievements?
2. When you are dealing with a high severity issue for an important client, another high severity issue arises, what would you do in this situation?
3. What are the challenges in the last 1 year?
4. What part do you play in a project, how to fix the problem?
5. Have you used ManageNow?
6. How many documents you have written in the team room? Take some for example?
7. Why do you work in IBM?
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Negotiation Details
they ask me about the salary,I said 7k per month,which is the salary I heard from one IBM china friend.and they gave me 6k per month.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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IT Specialist at IBM
Posted Jan 7, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2009 (took 2 days)
My interview process was very straight forward. I was part of outsource process which was pretty much laid out for us. Job role, skill sets were transfered and interview was 70%formal and 30% technical.
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Negotiation Details
I did not find a need to negotiate.
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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IT Specialist at IBM
Posted Nov 15, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) (took 3 weeks)
The position was for the kenan billing system. Thus the discussion was mainly about the billing system, previous projects , the clients . As a developer, essential knowledge in java, unix and oracle was required. Thus in the second level, the discussion was more like a technical one.
Interview Questions
A. cursor
B. varchar2
C. record
D. table of records
Negotiation Details
I could negotiate to an extend. But the company will always have a slab, and how much ever you try, they will not go beyond that limit.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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