I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (Pittsburgh, PA) in Feb 2017
Interview
3 rounds back to back- behavioral, case, technical. Thirty minutes each. Case was also mainly technical asking how would you go about a business problem. Technical questions ranged from SQL queries, Java pseudo code of tree algos, R programming questions, python libraries etc
I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at IBM
Interview
Contacted by Campus Recruiter; asked if interested in Public Sector (DC positions) or Commercial Sector. Stated interested in Commercial Sector then informed I will be contacted if I was selected for in-person interviews. Once selected interviews were the next week in Chicago; candidates from all over the country were flown in for three rounds of interviews (Fit/Technical Background, IT Case Study and Behavioral Analysis.
All the interviewers were extremely detailed, perceptive, intelligent, and watchful of words, body language and communication style during the interview. All interactions seemed to be judged and studied. During the Case Study a business problem was presented and candidate is expected to have a conversation about the case were your though process and intuition and creativity are assessed. Stay away from writing down every detail presented and focus on having a conversation. Each interviewer had extensive experience and multiple global responsibilities that serviced all the top companies globally. Looking back it is apparent that IBM values pristine communication, creativity and technical prowess.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
IT Case study options was a choice given so I choose the ROI business case. A piece of paper with the business problem and technologies was presented while the specific industry was given by the Partner interviewing. Case presented: a multi-billion dollar company of which they are only four in the world has a recent software implementation, it was communicated that ROI would come within a specified time period but is not producing the expected results."
Interviewer asked "How would I get the data?". Strategy recommendations, business acumen and IT understanding were what they were looking for. At the end of the interview the solution, approach and methodology for the business problem.
