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Anyone ever interviewed with IBM?

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MaDDinGO

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I got a job interview with them this week.... any advice?? If you had an interview with them, please let me know what to expect! What kind of issues should I bring up as far as questions goes? Any advice would be nice. Thanks..
 
Global Services - Strategic Outsourcing...

They are doing away with the whole dark suit white shirt.... its the "New" IBM =P
 
yeah, but go in showered and dressed with a jacket and tie.

also, let them know you are serious about working extra hours to get the job done. they are hiring but they want worker bees for the salary they pay. and showing up looking decent means they can depend on you to be serious about the job.


good luck.
 
Originally posted by: bozo1
Dark blue suit, white shirt.
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That's not really necessary anymore. Most of the IBM sites that I've visited lately were business casual.

Anyway, make sure to tell the interviewer about all the tech skills that you have, even if they aren't listed on your resume. Don't be afraid to throw in some industry buzzwords like "Peer to Peer", "Open Source", or "Web Services", espically if you have the experience or training to back it up. Also, if you have any experience with IBM products like DB2 or WebSphere, make sure to mention that as well.
 
Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Originally posted by: bozo1
Dark blue suit, white shirt.
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That's not really necessary anymore. Most of the IBM sites that I've visited lately were business casual.
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Once you got the job, yeah. but he needs to make a good first and only impression.

Anyway, make sure to tell the interviewer about all the tech skills that you have, even if they aren't listed on your resume. Don't be afraid to throw in some industry buzzwords like "Peer to Peer", "Open Source", or "Web Services", espically if you have the experience or training to back it up. Also, if you have any experience with IBM products like DB2 or WebSphere, make sure to mention that as well.
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I agree. Nothing gives you more joy in life than trying to install and configure WebSphincter server and apps without destroying your partitions. Yeah, tell em that and they'll love you for it.

 
Ok, this "what to wear" question would be easier to answer if I knew what facility are you interviewing at.

Anyway, here's my advice. If you're interviewing at a research facility, DON'T wear a suit. Most of the guys working there come in with t-shirts and jeans, and you'll really look out of place if you're wearing something formal. If you're interviewing at the corporate HQ, however, WEAR the suit. Your interviewers would be wearing them at a place like that.
 
I work in Global Services down in RTP. I wear jeans and a polo type shirt to work pretty much all the time. I did a phone interview and the interview consisted of:

"Do you know what the job entails"
"Yes"
"Do you want it?"
"Yes"

of course my former manager and my current manager were buds and I came highly recommended
 
Ultimatebob got the attire down. IBM has a reputation for hiring the best, at least they did. Put your best foot forward. Yeah, those buzzwords are good to have in your vocabulary, especially if you know what they're about! Good luck!
 
Used to work for them a 2 years ago -- came back to finish school (was interning) -- probably will go back again this summer 🙂

There are some truely wonderful people there, and some really lousy ones, too. My old manager was a really lousy one... thank god he finally got fired -- he embezzled $500K worth of computer hardware and sold it off to China -- IBM did some accounting checkups and caught him, and he was fired (YAY!!!)

Anyways, after seeing the inside I know more about where the good and bad places are to work within IBM, and I'll have a great manager this time around 🙂
 
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