I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at IBM (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Dec 2011
Interview
I was appying to IBM Global, as a software developer. The job title was Consultant, which is a senior developer role just below the Team Lead. I had 4 years of experience.
I was asked to fill up my acedemic and professional background first. This copy was then sent to the interviewer as a soft copy. Then my phone interview took place, inside IBM's campus in Gurgaon. This interview took around 30 minutes, and was mostly based on what I had already done (Middleware technologies, WBIBM). I had to wait afterwards for around 30 minutes to hear their decision.
After clearing the telephonic round, I was brisked away to a conference room, where another person, a project manager at IBm, took my technical/HR interview. This was aptitude-based, and relied on problem solving within my domain. This lasted 20-25 minutes.
The result was not declared right then. I was called two days after this interview for the final HR round at IBM. This interview was again with a Project Manager, but consisted mainly of negotiations on my salary and other questions an HR would normally ask. This interview lasted around 45 minutes.
After clearing all the rounds and accepting the informal offer that was given, I was made to wait around 2 weeks for a formal offer letter, after which I resigned. My notice period was two months, and IBM constantly called me to request an earlier joining date. I, however, refused joining early. I also negotiated about the place of joining. They wanted me to join their Kolkata branch, but I didn't face an issue changing it to my desired Gurgaon (Delhi NCR) location.
I was asked to fill up additional forms after that, and courier a copy to their main office in Bangalore.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to design a Middleware solution from scratch, using MQ principles. JAVA had to be incorporated as a front-end. It had to be customized according to the client's requirements.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Saint Louis, MO) in Aug 2011
Interview
The career center at wy university gave my resume to the manager of a project that was hiring (my current boss). We spoke over the phone as an introduction to discuss the project and IBM in general. We had a formal interview about a week later that mainly consisted of a resume walk trough and a discussion of my past experience and education. There were brief questions about my skill with programs like Microsoft Excel and my ability to write for communication, but no technically challenging questions. Everyone I talked to was very open, straight forward, and helpful. I enjoyed the professionalism, courtesy, and timeliness of fun their communication with me. They offered me a job about a week after the interview, and I accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experience do you have with the field of logistics and supply chain?
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (Washington, DC) in Feb 2012
Interview
IT was easy. But I did not do well. They ask common question that every one ask. Be sure to interview with smaller companies or for jobs you not too eager to get. Every employer ask the same question for new college graduate you have to show leadership, initiative, team work, and most of all communication skills, as well as having the willingness to learn. they also going to ask you about a time you over come an obstacle at work. a group project that you had a problem and had to solve it. every response should be at least 2 minute or you are going to die if you a gave a short reply for a question it is going to feel like interrogation as they are going to go deep and ask you question that don't have answer. for this interview better to talk more than let them interrogate you with questions