I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Toronto, ON) in Apr 2019
Interview
Very easy process. Met recruiter through a conference, they emailed me for interviews with different teams. No extreme technical questions were asked, they mostly wanted to chat and learn about previous experiences.
Was very friendly and casual, There were two round of interviews, one via phone call the other face to face. The HR contact is very professional and during the interview I was asked a list of questions including the combination of competency and technical questions
I applied in-person. I interviewed at IBM in Nov 2018
Interview
The manager was really nice, he introduced the program, the organization, and also himself. Then ask some basic questions, for example, my CV, my master thesis.... It was a nice conversation.