3 rounds. 1st & 2nd round - Technical round based on mainframe skill set and project experience mentioned in resume. Final round with HR. Whole Interview process completed within 2 hours and got offer letter within a day. Very quick process!!!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Db2 Pre compiler steps.
How to identify and resolve SOC7 send
How to handle -811 SQL error
Remote MQ vs Local MQ
Static vs Dynamic call
VSAM Shareoptions?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Nov 2016
Interview
It was a well composed Interview. Interview process is of high quality. Totally process had one Telephonic Technical Round and Managerial Round.
Technical Round(Telephonic) : First interviewer asked for my self rating out of 5 in JCL, SQL, DB2, CICS, COBOL, and VSAM and asked questions accordingly considering my experience. Most of the questions are scenario based like how to resolve particular abend. He covered questions in all topics.
Managerial Round(F2F) : For those who clear Technical round , second round was held on the same day. This round is mostly of salary negotiation. You can expect questions like why IBM? what you are expecting from IBM? I heard from few people that few technical questions were also asked in this round.
After this second round , they asked me to fill three forms and received offer letter in 2 weeks.
IBM doesn't mention variable pay details in offer letter.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Few SQL errors apart from from 100 and 0?
Previous project experience.
what is DB2 SPUFI?
How to enter debug mode in CICS?
Xpeditor?
Syntax in SQL to fetch only first row.
