I applied through an employee referral. The process took 7 months. I interviewed at IBM (Atlanta, GA) in Dec 2012
Interview
7 month interview process, you meet with HR first then proceed to Executive level interviews. Overall a very long process, it helps to know people at the company to refer you to a hiring manager. The key is to get your resume sent directly to a hiring manager. You must go beyond submitting online. IBM is always hiring, and once you are in, you are IN.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain a time where you failed, how did you overcome the failure?
Basic - pretty standard process for any other companies. It was pretty annoying because after been asked to answer 2 questions in a written response with a time limit on the of the interview they rejected me via a system generated email. I had to chase up for feedback myself twice to get the recruiter fluff me off saying "due to lack of experience.." - which I called confusing because if it's my experience, they should've been able to see that through my CV. The recruiter finally bothered to give me a call after me chasing her up on 2 occasions 1 week apart via email and LinkedIn, I expressed my disappointment - is it not common courtesy to provide feedback for candidates that put in extra time and effort to fulfil the request they've put forward? The excuse I got was that the hiring manager went on leave (I don't get why I still had to chase it up myself). Overall a very arrogant company - they still think that they are at their prime with mainframes and hardware. Well it's 2019. Personally don't want to and won't consider this place again - there are plenty of up and rising technology companies. Don't waste your time. They'll get you to do cartwheels and bend your back backwards and then reject you with a system generated email.
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Toronto, ON) in May 2015
Interview
The interview was a part of the IBM Summit program for University hires for the Client representative position. 2 rounds of interviews were conducted which were about 25 minutes each. The interview process was a combination of networking and interview and there were many IBM executive level employees available for interaction.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you think about IBM?
Why do you want to switch from a development position to a Client rep position?
What do you think about the presentation which was given before the interviews?
Tell me a time when the project did not go successfully ?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (New York, NY) in May 2015
Interview
3 interviews, all were phone calls, pretty straightforward. Mostly behavioral questions, they try to understand how you act in some situations since this is a sales role. No tricks, very nice people