Company Name: IBM Ltd. Profile: Associate System Engineer Criteria: 65% throughout.

I want to share my IBM placement experience.

Firstly, I would like to share the placement process of "Big Blue," i.e., IBM.

In the IBM placement process, there are mainly two rounds:

1. Written Test
2. Interview (Technical + HR)

In the written test round, there were three types of questions:

• 18 questions from series completion.
• 18 questions from quantitative aptitude.
• 22 questions from business communication and basic grammar.

It is important to note that for series and quantitative sections, there was an individual time limit of 2 minutes and 15 seconds for each question. After that, there was a 30-second gap before the next question appeared if you failed to mark and proceed. If you were unable to attempt three consecutive questions, your exam session would be locked. There was no negative marking.

Now, coming to the English section, there were questions on:

• Direct and indirect speech conversion.
• Active to passive voice conversion.
• Business communication.
• Format of a business letter.
• Basic grammar and punctuation errors.

For this section, the total time was 20 minutes for 22 questions, and there was no individual timer for each question.

After the written test, the results were announced on the same day. I was happy because I was selected in the written test.

On the same day, a biometric test was conducted. They checked all academic credentials and took a fingerprint of the index finger.

After completing this, they called us the next day for the interview.

The next day, the interview process started...

When my turn came, I went to the interviewer's room and asked for permission to enter. The interviewer was friendly and asked me to sit.

The very first question he asked was, "Tell me about yourself."

I started to describe myself.

Then he talked to me about many different topics, from core subjects like DBMS, Data Structures and Algorithms, a programming language of my choice, Operating Systems, and the basics of Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Classifiers.

He listened carefully to my answers and then asked me to make any five promises before joining the company.

Then I replied:

• I will pick up any platform like IBM Bluemix and start working on it from now onwards.
• I will devote a minimum of 5 hours to coding daily.
• I will develop as many Android applications as possible in the current semester.
• I will brush up my programming skills and data structure algorithms.

After listening, he said, "Nice and OK."

The next question was to describe the project in five minutes, starting from the ER model, the relationship between various entities used in the project, and the technology that was used to display it on the webpage.

I answered thoroughly.

Then he asked questions on cognitive technology and the Watson platform.

I gave various examples.

He was pretty much satisfied with my answers.

Then he told me to discuss programs related to business applications.

I replied that the calculation of simple interest, compound interest, employee and employer Provident Fund, the gross salary of the employee, stock buy-sell to maximize profit, and linear programming problems, maximization and minimization problems fall into this category.

At last, he asked, "Do you have any questions to ask?"

I said yes.

I asked questions on the Bluemix platform and the popular buzzword Watson.

It is easy to crack an interview. They generally check communication skills, confidence, and your keen willingness to solve any type of problem.

If you have any queries, please let me know.