I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM in Jan 2017
Interview
Overall a very quick and painless process. Mine were conducted online through webcam. Consisted of 3 interviews, all 30 minutes long (to the dot, with 15 minute breaks in between). 2 behavioral and 1 case. Everyone was very pleasant, were conversational with your answers, and seemed enthusiastic about their jobs. The behavioral interviews were split between one assessing your team experience, the other about your problem-solving/intellectual capabilities. The case was very simple, involved implementing a technology. Very basic math, and then simple questions such as steps to implement, risks/issues to consider, etc.
While the process was easy, it was hard to assess what they were really looking for. The questions kind of overlapped and didn't really assess other important traits you should have on the job, just teamwork and working on projects. I haven't heard back yet, but I feel like since the questions were simple, how do you really differentiate yourself? I see some people here saying that they wanted to see enthusiasm about IBM, but they didn't ask me a single thing about why I'm interested in IBM or the program. I guess a lot of it is personality.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
These are ALL the questions, nothing more, nothing less: tell me about yourself? describe a time a team member wasn't contributing their share and what did you do to fix that? describe a time there was a lack of trust in a team, what did you do? describe a time you had to teach someone something you knew really well, how did you teach them/what did you learn from the experience? describe a project you didn't have enough information, what did you do? describe a time you were on a project and thought, there's gotta be a better way? what's been the biggest problem you've had to solve? Also two hypothetical scenarios: imagine you have to meet a new client the next morning and you know nothing about them, what do you do to be prepared? and imagine you're given a task you are unsure how to complete and your supervisor notices and intervenes, how do you react to this intervention and changing courses?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (London, England) in Dec 2016
Interview
Submitted an application form before sitting the IPAT test.
Test was difficult, and I definitely thought I had failed, but somehow managed to pass.
At the assessment centre we conducted a group discussion which involved coming up with ideas for an app, before pitching them to the assessors. Following this was the group logic test, I found this very difficult to contribute towards as it turned into everyone talking over one another.
After these exercises half of us were sent home, myself included.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Raleigh, NC) in Nov 2012
Interview
Relatively straightforward. Phone interview screening to gauge if I would be a right fit. Then an on campus interview with 3 separate interviews: One gauging behavioral, another relational, and finally a case study. Heard back within a week and accepted the offer.