Good salary and benefits, a lot of talented and experienced people, ability to work from home.
IBM's hardware department is virtually non-existent anymore, shifting to software and services. It is not a great place to work for ASIC designers.
It was just a phone interview with the manager and some other engineers, and it was pretty casual. They asked me about my research experience and made sure I had used the equipment I would be using with them.
It took two months after being accepted in early October, as everything goes via India for recruiting. Yay outsourcing! The only time I spoke to a person with an American accent or native English speaker was when I was told I'd been accepted. An Indi
The interview was good. It was done over the phone because I knew the manager. Then it took IBM a month and a half to make me an offer. IBM HR is in India! They had no clue of the culture here. Absolutely stupid!
It was just a phone interview with the manager and some other engineers, and it was pretty casual. They asked me about my research experience and made sure I had used the equipment I would be using with them.
It took two months after being accepted in early October, as everything goes via India for recruiting. Yay outsourcing! The only time I spoke to a person with an American accent or native English speaker was when I was told I'd been accepted. An Indi
The interview was good. It was done over the phone because I knew the manager. Then it took IBM a month and a half to make me an offer. IBM HR is in India! They had no clue of the culture here. Absolutely stupid!