After the initial online application stage, I was given an online test to complete, as well as a competency form to fill in. You can't revise for the test, but it requires you to think analytically and mathematically, as you have to recognise patterns and number sequences. The competency form helped form the basis of my answers to the interview questions I was later asked in my video interview. Thankfully, I was given unlimited preparation time after reading each question before I decided to start recording myself answering.

After I passed the video interview stage, I was given one month's early notice of an assessment centre to attend in Hursley. There, I had to give a presentation (basically another interview, regurgitating a lot of skills/experience I had already talked about). Following the presentation, I was asked a few situational judgement questions by the interviewer.

There were also two group exercises to complete:

• One on a logic problem.
• One where you're given a scenario and have to come up with a solution to a business problem.

After passing the assessment centre, I found out I was in the matching stage, where hiring managers across IBM freely interview you if they're interested in you. One hiring manager gave me a telephone interview but probably wasn't too keen on me. A few weeks later, I did an interview with another team who decided to take me on after a very engaging and friendly interview.

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