I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (Pune) in Mar 2008
Interview
It was good experience. Tech part was well discussed in Telecom. It lasted for 30 minutes. Oracle and Unix comprised the tech part. Telecom Billing was the main part of dicussion in functional domain. Billing systems, Provisioning, Rating was discussed. He was happy to see my profile. I was sent for HR round. It lasted for 20 min. salary part was discussed and negotiated on 4.5 L pa plus variable part for my 5 yr exp.
The interview process at IBM
was smooth and straightforward. The technical discussion mainly focused on SQL join queries between two tables, along with a general conversation about AI and Generative AI concepts. The interviewers were friendly, and the overall difficulty level of the round was easy to moderate.
I applied online without referrals
First OA with 2 coding questions, medium to hard level, 1 hour time limit
Then 5 online recorded behavior questions, only 1 try, no retries
Next round is meeting the hiring manager and a senior engineer in the team
The online test interview process was well structured and user friendly. Instructions were clear, questions relevant, and platform stable. Timed sections assessed skills effectively, providing fair evaluation and experience overall.
