I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at IBM (Brno) in Aug 2013
Interview
I was recruited by a consultant from CPL jobs. They offered me the positions and I had to send some paperwork, after that I had a phonetalk with the manager, got some basic questions and I was hired.
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Question 1
Basics, stuff about OSI layers, TCP/IP, server resource usage
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IBM
Interview
I had a call from a 3rd party, asking me if I was available for an interview with IBM, I've accepted, and 1 hour later I was in the IBM offices to meat the two managers.
I even didn't have the time to dress properly.
Not only that, but I had a pleasant discussion, some few simple technical questions, and one week later a signed contract.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Which middleware do you know and how you deal with incidents