Online Coding + Guru Interview + Finish Line

I received my congratulatory email on October 16th and was informed that I had passed the online test and would be contacted to schedule the Guru and Guide interviews for that position. However, my recruiter forgot to ask for my availability. This made me think that I might have to wait until she reached out to schedule my time.

Until October 24th, the same recruiter resent the email I received on October 16th and requested my time schedule. Apparently, she expected me to provide that on October 16th, though she never mentioned it in the previous email.

I responded quickly, stating that I was flexible and provided my available times. After that, I did not hear back from her.

When October 31st and November 1st arrived, I realized it might be too late for my interview and contacted my recruiter. She told me I had to interview 24 hours later or choose to wait for possible time windows two weeks later, which I had already responded to a week earlier to schedule. It seems that even though I wrote to her to schedule my interview immediately after receiving the request, I did not get my arrangement.

I accepted an interview 24 hours later. However, it was canceled two hours before the interview. Although annoying, I could understand the cancellation.

However, as I explained, the recruiter delayed my interview arrangement twice. Otherwise, I would have already scheduled it and it would never have been canceled.

If every recruiter could manipulate and intervene in candidates' interview processes in this delaying manner, I cannot imagine what the future of IBM hiring would look like. When I contacted them, IBMers acted as if IBM is the best company in the world, and they had every reason to do all of this. They could force me to take an interview within 24 hours without asking my schedule, and they could cancel it two hours before the interview. They could forget to ask a candidate's timeline even if they needed to move forward. Wake up, dude! This is not 2000 anymore; there are tons of better tech companies than IBM in this world. Goodbye, IBM.

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