I had attended two interviews at the IBM Bangalore offices.

• First: Telephonic round at the IBM office.
• Second: Video Interview PDM round.

In the second interview, an offer was made. Since then, I submitted all required documents and completed all the forms requested.

After two to three days, there was no movement in my application. I waited for a week and kept following up with my SPOC. She informed me that they were awaiting business approvals and that it would be done within that week.

I waited another week and contacted her again. She said it was still pending and would take another two weeks.

Meanwhile, after no response from her despite trying to contact her, I resorted to contacting the Level 1 escalation manager to understand the process and what was taking so long.

He responded immediately, stating he would check and get back with an update. Of course, there was no response on their own, so I sent an email asking about the update. To this, I received a call from him stating that there was no business requirement currently and I would hence not receive an offer letter. He mentioned that post two months, if there was any business requirement again, I would have to reappear for all the interview rounds.

I had allocated my time and effort for attending these interviews just so that I could get an opportunity to work with IBM, but this turned out to be such a disappointment!

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