I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (Hyderābād) in Jan 2011
Interview
I was bugged by one of the consultancy from Kolkata to take interview of IBM. I told my expectations to the Consultancy guy and said I would not accept the offer if IBM offers less amount than my expectation. The consultancy guy convinced me that he would talk to IBM and make IBM to offer the amount which I was expecting. I was told that it was a scheduled interview and process would take only 3-4 Hrs.
When I reached the venue (IBM Hyderbad), I found I am not alone but there were hundreds of people lined up for Interview. And it took me 2 Hrs to get into the IBM building. Then another 2 Hrs for getting a call for technical interview. Interview was good.
After the interview I was asked to wait for sometime to know the result of Interview. After waiting another 1 Hour, I went and checked with one HR who was monitoring the interviews and he asked me to leave. Then another HR came and asked to wait and fillup the form for PM round. After filling te form I waited for another 1 hour for my chance. The PM round interview was good again. Then I was asked to leave.
After a week or 2 one fine day I got the Offer, I was so excited to check what is my offer. When I saw the offer, I should say no Permanent employee would go for the offer. I was offered 30% less than my current CTC and a designation lesser than what I am having. When I replied to IBM with all possible data about my current salary, the guy responed saying that I should join for same Salary offered and it cannot be changed. The IBM HR never ever called me about the offer. I called the consultancy guy to check about the offer. That guy said he would revert back to me once he talks to IBM which he never done it till date.
I was so frustrated with the IBM interview process and Consultancy that I decided I will never join IBM in my entire life.
I wanted to ask IBM why should someone who is permanent in his current company join them with lesser salary and designation. I think they conducting the interviews only for namesake. I suggest who ever see this review please dont fall into the trap of these consultancies which call fo interviews.
People asking to write codes. Experienced people should not ask to write code.
It’s an onsite location they are interviewing for with toxic environment, with no new technologies used. Why to interview on something which you are clearly not using
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru)
Interview
Easy interview with 2 rounds technical and 1 round hr. The process is smooth and the management is good. The technical was round was average with questions on java springboot
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and one of the challenges you resolved in your last project
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Apr 2025
Interview
oral questions on spring spring boot and java 8 , solid principles and stream lambda expressions hash map and some prog to write and explain the logic implementation . data base knowledge , design patterns
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
wht is the challenge you recently faced in your project
