My experience working at IBM
My experience working at IBM
You develop professional camaraderie with your team when you work on large-scale projects that span several release cycles and versions.
Process-driven work structure.
If you are proactive in your options to advance in your career, you will get ahead at IBM.
You must be willing to work anywhere from 40-80 hours a week for product development in the IBM Software group.
Micromanagement is quite common with both senior management and team leads. Even if you size your work to fit in an Agile or waterfall development cycle, you will get micromanaged to the nth degree.
Be more sensitive to a person's work and life balance needs.
The PBC employee evaluation needs revision and to be held bi-annually.
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Software Engineer
Phone interview with hiring manager. Phone interview with a principal engineer. Site interview, including a presentation with the hiring team. Five sessions of 1:1 interviews, covering both technical and behavioral questions. Wait for three weeks
Software Engineer
It was a great experience. Your interviewer will be looking to see that you meet the requirements of the role. Always explain to the interviewer what you are writing or typing during a code interview.
Software Engineer
Smooth interview process, terrible recruiters though. Recruiters ghosted me for a month post the final interview. Did not even receive any feedback, despite the hiring manager giving a verbal offer in the final round. Extremely frustrating process
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2019Phone interview with hiring manager. Phone interview with a principal engineer. Site interview, including a presentation with the hiring team. Five sessions of 1:1 interviews, covering both technical and behavioral questions. Wait for three weeks
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2021It was a great experience. Your interviewer will be looking to see that you meet the requirements of the role. Always explain to the interviewer what you are writing or typing during a code interview.
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesApril 17, 2025Smooth interview process, terrible recruiters though. Recruiters ghosted me for a month post the final interview. Did not even receive any feedback, despite the hiring manager giving a verbal offer in the final round. Extremely frustrating process
