Career at IBM as a lateral hire
Career at IBM as a lateral hire
Business delivery leadership trusts in your work and gives you sufficient autonomy in execution. It's a great place to learn and apply technology. Certification or skilling on the latest and greatest is very well sponsored.
Building a network takes way longer than expected when joining in as a lateral, with no real support. The bonus payout has been low single digit, not aligned to the efforts.
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Solutions Architect
Interviews with Red Hat HR. Asked about current and desired salary. Asked about past experiences, career plan, and what the main difficulties faced in their career were and how to deal with them.
Solutions Architect
It was good. All questions were clear, and everything was explained, including expectations from the candidate, the job profile, team vision, working hours, and work-life balance. Overall, it was a good experience.
Solutions Architect
Previous personal and technical aptitude tests. Interviews with various IBM architects. All of them disorganized, without a clear definition of the tasks for the role being hired for. Recruitment interview with Human Resources.
Solutions Architect
São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilAugust 1, 2025Interviews with Red Hat HR. Asked about current and desired salary. Asked about past experiences, career plan, and what the main difficulties faced in their career were and how to deal with them.
Solutions Architect
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaFebruary 1, 2025It was good. All questions were clear, and everything was explained, including expectations from the candidate, the job profile, team vision, working hours, and work-life balance. Overall, it was a good experience.
Solutions Architect
Madrid, SpainNovember 23, 2024Previous personal and technical aptitude tests. Interviews with various IBM architects. All of them disorganized, without a clear definition of the tasks for the role being hired for. Recruitment interview with Human Resources.
