ost IBM interviews are competency-based, focusing on the candidate’s past history and motivation for applying. The most important interview preparation you can do is to think of examples of how you have demonstrated each of the company’s eight core competencies:
adaptability
client focus
communication skills
creative problem solving
drive
passion for IBM
taking ownership
teamwork
Examples don’t necessarily need to be work-related; you could consider your academic work, as well as anything else you do in your spare time, such as voluntary work, involvement in clubs or societies, travel, hobbies or sporting activities. Come up with two or three for each competency.
IBM’s graduate website has more detail as to what each competency means. Also take a look at ‘Gwenyth’s Mind Map’, in which an IBM campus attraction manager outlines how she used her own experiences to land a graduate job at IBM, despite not having an internship or anything similar on her CV.