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Updated Feb 12, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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UI Design at IBM
Posted Dec 8, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 in Bangalore (India) (took 4+ weeks)
I was contacted by a recruitment consultant for a position with IBM. I was called to their Gurgaon office for a face to face interview (I was working with an org in Delhi then). I reached the IBM campus 20 min before the scheduled time and tried to call the contact person in HR, but she didn't pick up the call. I spoke to the receptionist who had no idea about any interview that day asked me to wait while she called someone in HR. There was no response for the next 45 minutes, as none of the HR folks were there. I waited in the lobby and called up the recruiter and asked him to get in touch with the right person in HR. Finally, after about an hour and 10 minutes, someone in the HR team contacted me and let me in.
They made me sit in one of the cubicles where another developer was working and asked me to fill up a long personal details form. It was the same form I had filled up online as part of their job application requirements. I told the HR person that I was in no mood to spend another 30 min filling up the form since they already had the info with them. I was told that there was some goof-up, and they didn't have access to any forms I had filled up earlier. So I had no choice but to fill up the form again. Once done, the HR guy led me to a meeting room. Since this was supposed to be a face t face interview, I was expecting someone to join me, but 5 min later, I was told that I would be speaking to one of the BU heads in Bangalore over phone. WHAT THE FLIP !!!!
They told me that they had no idea or information about my in-person interview and had somehow arranged for this telephonic call after coordinating with their Bangalore team. This when I had reached their office driving in the crazy morning traffic from Delhi to Gurgaon. I could have taken this call from home and saved me some time and effort. Anyways, the interviewer was courteous and apologetic about the mess up. Interview went well and I came back.
About a week later, I was told that there was a second interview (recruiter told me this time it would be face to face with the Team Head) and I had to attend this at their NOIDA office. I drove down to their NOIDA office, expecting a face to face interview but it again turned out to be a telephonic round since my interviewer was not able to fly down to NOIDA. Fine, there may have been a problem, but least i expected was an update regarding this. Anyways, I spoke to the Team Head over the phone. There were questions related to my projects , process etc...the usual stuff.
No response for a week. Then the consultant calls me and tells me that he got to know (from the recruitment management software which IBM and they use) that I have been offered a position and I have accepted it already. I told him that I had not received any communication/offer from IBM so he should cross check. He did and came back with a screenshot of the application which showed the details of someone else with same name as mine, different skills, different place of joining etc etc. I wasn't surprised at this, having gotten accustomed to the way IBM recruitment worked.
Anyways, about a month after I had given my first interview, IBM folks came back to me with an offer, which I promptly rejected not only because I had better offers from other companies, but also for the totally forgettable experience I had during my interviewing phase. I would like to believe that my experience was an exception. But I was left amazed at the disconnect between various functions at the behemoth that IBM has become.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone 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
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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.
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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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Senior Manager at IBM
Posted Dec 3, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in San Francisco, CA (took 2 weeks)
It was a very detailed and structured interview. The people were very bright and focused during the interview process.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Producer at IBM
Posted Nov 29, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took 4 weeks)
Overall, I was displeased with the way IBM handled the interview process for this position. I went through 5 half hour phone interviews and 2 in-person interviews over a span of 4 weeks. I was abundantly qualified for the position and was given very positive feedback throughout the process. The final interview required me to take a half day off of my current job and drive from NYC (the position was telecommute) up to Armonk to interview on site with a high level manager. The interview seemed to go very well.
Based on all of this, I figured I was one of only 2 or 3 in the final rounds. However, several weeks passed after this interview and I heard nothing. I inquired and was told "no decision has been made." I waited several more weeks and still heard nothing, no a full month after my last interview. Again, I inquired and was told, "No decision has been made although we are looking at other options". The next day, the job was reposted to job sites. Two weeks later, I was finally informed I did not get the position.
Overall, this was a very time consuming process and I was given every indication that I was under serious consideration. If there was a problem or a change in direction, they should have communicated that to me. Instead, I was forced to ask what was going on not once, but twice. This after the hiring manager telling me that I "sound perfect" for the position. IBM needs to be more respectful of people's time and be more communicative in their hiring process. I can accept not being offered the position, but feel that IBM mistreated me in the interview process.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Software Engineer at IBM
Posted Nov 26, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 1 week)
applied for java & j2ee for software engineer, interview questions were mostly from core java and oops concept, cleared all the rounds there..
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Reason for Declining
there was less part of j2ee, GUI and latest java technologies..
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Software Engineer at IBM
Posted Nov 26, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took a day)
nice people, very friendly and approachable.
question range is quite large
a lot of things need to cover
generally, just be natural, keep calm and talk a lot, sometimes they will give hints or something to help out if you seems to get stuck.
just general ideas also help i guess
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I got the interview through a College or University.
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Supply Chain at IBM
Posted Nov 25, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 (took 2 days)
Phone interview , followed by one to one interview
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Salry package
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Director at IBM
Posted Nov 23, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in Armonk, NY (took 2 months)
The interview was so incredibly long and tedious it wasn't worth it to me. I could feel the tension between colleagues during the interview "hand offs" between one person to the next. The lady who was to be the hiring manager was booted midstream throughout the interview process which took over 2 months. THe new hiring manager was clueless and we started ALL OVER AGAIN. NO THANKS
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Senior Software Developer at IBM
Posted Nov 22, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Bangalore (India) (took a day)
I got the call through employee referral. I was asked to be present at the interview venue before 1 PM as they had mentioned that they will not allow any fresh candidates after that.
The interview consisted of a 1:1 technical interview to be followed by a personal discussion. I completed the technical interview and had to wait for nearly 2.5 to 3 hours to know the results of the technical discussion. Finally they said I was not selected and even in that there was some confusion and the HR person present had to get in touch with the person who conducted the technical interview.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Quality Assurance Engineer at IBM
Posted Nov 19, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Costa Mesa, CA (took 1 week)
Two interviews with two Functional Verification Test managers. First setup an hour-long phone interview and asked me about my current role on my team, questions about previous projects, and an explanation of what the job responsibilities consist of. The manager called me a week later saying they selected me for the position.
During this time, a second manager called me on my office number and gave me a quick 10-minute on the spot interview asking what I did on my team and he told me I was exactly what he was looking for.
Never got an offer from either of them. Lot of politics at play in IBM... Don't believe anyone until you have an offer!
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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