Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso IBM (Bedford, NS) nel mese di mar 2018
Colloquio
I had applied for Project Manager position at Halifax (Canada) in March 2018 and opted for face-to-face interview. I had work experience for more than 18 years in IT industry and never experienced such unprofessional process. HR had asked me to choose time/date which I chose. Just one day before scheduled interview, I got call from HR that interview is postponed to next week. Again when new date was approaching, interview was second time postponed as interview panel felt that weather was stormy although I was ready to go. Then again, 3rd time interview as postponed at last moment on same day of schedule, as interviewer had to prepare some presentations for some anniversary event which was known to whole Halifax city much earlier. Finally, interview happened in Bedford office in 4th attempt and again main interviewer was delayed by 15 minutes and junior interviewer was not aware about his colleagues in panel. Later, after 2 weeks I heard from HR that they are not proceeding with my candidature. When I asked for feedback, I never got any reply.
Sharing my experience here for the guidance of other folks who may be interested to work for IBM Canada.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Not much genuine questions related to project management, as panel did not have much needed skills.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso IBM
Colloquio
Got a link to a platform where you were asked to answer a series of questions. The answers had to be recorded, every answer was supposed to be answered in less than 3 minutes. Beforehand, the advice was given to prepare using the STAR framework.
Important: once started, you can only interrupt the process once, since they don't want you to have unlimited preparation time for the answers. If it gets interrupted (e.g. due to network connectivity or by closing the tab) a second time, the process is stopped and your interview is basically aborted.
Domande di colloquio [2]
Domanda 1
Tell us about a time you disagreed with a coworker and how you resolved the disagreement.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura di persona. La procedura ha richiesto una settimana. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso IBM (München, Bavaria) nel mese di apr 2026
Colloquio
Zuerst tauschen wir uns über die gegenseitigen Erwartungen aus. Danach besprechen wir konkrete Situationen aus meiner bisherigen Arbeit im Banking-Sektor, zum Beispiel wie ich Herausforderungen gelöst habe. Mir ist ein ehrlicher Austausch wichtig, damit beide Seiten sehen, ob die Zusammenarbeit passt.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso IBM (San Jose, CA)
Colloquio
Got sent an invite to interview a couple days after I applied online. They move through the process quite quickly and they'll send you emails for additional forms to fill out if you move through the process.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Tell me a time where... <- lots of these types of questions during the interview