I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at IBM in Jan 2009
Interview
i Interviewed with HR first. The interview lasted 2 hours. HR was really nice. They just asked personality questions and explain the role of the job. Then interviewed with the hiring manager. Hiring manager was very technical. He questioned all my background experience. The second around of interview was with theh Senior managerment. Senior management just want to make sure I am a fit into the team. What are my career aspirations are. What are the important attributes in a job. The chat lasted an hour. Recieved offer one week later.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Pune) in Nov 2009
Interview
I was at premises 9 o'clock sharp as mentioned in call letter. They had messed up something about panel and my interview started 7 o'clock in the evening. That's 10 Hrs wait for first round of interview!!!
Interviewer was a architect and pretty good guy. Stick to what I worked upon and what is required with practical development and management scenario type question.
But after that HR interview has to be rescheduled for lack of time and it hasn't been done yet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It is 6 in the evening and your management want something done, but your resource really have some unavoidable reasons for leaving, which you know are real, what would you do?