I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Melbourne) in Jan 2025
Interview
HR call
Hiring Manager
Inital call with HR to determine whether I am a fit on a high level - discusss what my experience is, expectations, salary expectations etc. Very generic.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me something about yourself
What interest you about IBM
How you deal with high stress situations
Interviewer doesn't ask related questions. He is trying to google it and expecting same answer as per google only. Even though they don't know the concept, at a point I feel that person/interviewer is not related technology which they want.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Puzzle kind of questions they asked. Not related to technical.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at IBM (Hyderabad)
Interview
The interviewers were friendly and approachable. They made sure the candidate is comfortable and ensured that they are at ease. The first round was conversational, followed by take home case study and then follow up on the case study in the job location. The fourth round was manager round and the fifth was the final round on salary discussion
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case study was on a set of data pipelines and analysis of the same
They started off with the typical questions, such as “tell me about yourself,” followed by a couple of behavioral questions, and then they asked me why I wanted to work at IBM.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about something that you regret and how you overcome it
