I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (Austin, TX) in Nov 2014
Interview
Was picked up at university and directly asked a few informal questions about previous job experience that's all. I wasn't asked a lot as I had interned at IBM before.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at IBM in Apr 2016
Interview
I applied online and got a Mail from the HR within 2 weeks. Had a phone interview scheduled. There were no coding test for screening. My background was on JAVA and C++ which did not suite the companies requirements at that point. Interview duration: 30 minutes approx. Two days after the interview got a reject mail.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you taken a course or worked with semantics and linguistics?
Very organized way of interview process and HR communicates promptly. Interview process starts with prelim verification, technical round and HR or management round. Offer is generally rolled out within 45 days of interview.