I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (Chicago, IL) in June 2015
Interview
First, I got a detailed review of the company's work (Watson Analytics). Second, I had a group interview with the team leader and two engineer describing my experience, skills, and background relative to the position. Third, I had a one on one interview with their latest employee of one years about the transition from college to first job. Fourth, interview with junior engineer on the work he does and related it to what I know. Fifth, a conference call to headquarters that lasted about two minutes, so I took that as a personality test. Sixth, theoretical coding interview with the two head engineers. Finally, a closing, overall interview with the team leader.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you think of a way recursion could be applied to the logic of a game of chess?
This was the first virtual interview I had, and the interviewer didn't ask me any questions instead he asked me to give an impromptu presentation on a project that I worked on. For the first interview it would have been nice to get a heads-up to create a presentation or be prepared to start coding a project in front of someone.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Open a text editor and start going through and coding a project you worked on.
The first round was a behavioral interview where they asked about my background, my hobbies, and my early career plans. They asked about a project listed in one of my work experiences, but the project was related to the work of the role.
45 min virtual 1:1 interview with a senior engineer manager. In my case, I only had 1 round of interview. Some might have more than one interview, usually around 2 rounds of interviews.
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