I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Winchester, England) in Oct 2017
Interview
Online application which led to online tests. These were quite difficult, not a clue how I passed, by far the hardest numerical tests, with a very strict time limit, I timed out and had to email them to re-open the test... it times out if you do not answer one question after 2 minutes!
I believe the video interview was next, nothing out of the ordinary here, know your role and experiences and you should be fine. The assessment centre was a long day, be collaborative in group exercises, find all possible solutions during the group exercise that happens while each individual is taken out for their one on one interviews, and be very clear with communications while this is happening. For the one on one interviews, show what technology you are interested in, relate that to IBM, show your passion for technology! the other logical group exercise, communication is key, make sure you time check and have someone drawing out the logic on the white board! The tour was fun, and informal chat with the graduates. One more individual exam to sit, 20 questions, not as hard as the online tests but negatively marked (which I never realised when sitting so I guess I guessed well!). I may be mistaken but I think there was a presentation? which is nothing to worry about, it was only one on one.
I passed the assessment centre and then was told I would hear back about a team etc. this was six months ago... I think they forgot about me? But I had other assessment centres and interviews and found a job more suited to myself, so I never followed this up.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Brush up on current tech and why you find that interesting
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at IBM
Interview
The whole process goes through a single day assessment with different exercises. In my case it was a Mathematical/Logical write test (20 questions-ish), followed by 3 "team exercises". It's everything about how do you cooperate with other persons you never seen before to achieve a goal (simple or a bit harder).
After lunch it goes for individual interviews, one usually is a presentation and the other two are competencies and technical.
They questioned me about the template I've filled to apply for the job, asking me details on the situations presented there.
You don't usually get a lot of technical questions cause I think that's beside the point, but it's all on the interviewer (anyway they accept people for all degrees, so if you are not from IT they will rarely ask you about that).
The day was really tiring, but I found the experience positive. You get to talk with a lot of people working there and to see the place.
After I got an e-mail telling me I passed the assessment, I had to do a phone interview with a manager offering me a job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A question about my experience with a nosql db I used and how I managed to achieve a certain result.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at IBM (Hursley, England) in May 2013
Interview
The day started with some individual, isolated tests, followed by individual presentations. This was followed by an interview scenario where candidates were asked to role-play. After this, applicants were grouped and asked to participate in some team exercises, focusing on persuasion and discussion. The day concluded with a personal one-on-one interview with a single assessor.