No sales, so people pinched
No sales, so people pinched
Training, investment in technical job families, and a broad product portfolio create an ever-changing list of career opportunities. IBM's move to the Cloud points to a possible future beyond the mainframe.
Poor sales attainment means completely unattainable comp plans due to jacked-up quota targets. Whether Sales or Sales Engineering, words like "Target Incentive" are a punch line. No one expects to make, much less over-achieve targets at IBM.
Stop hiring commodity sales and technical professionals. Pull your heads out of the early 2000s and embrace a changed world.
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The interview process was quite formal, involving multiple interviews with different people. The first interview focused on behavioral questions. This led to a series of technical interviews where I was asked to explain different concepts and scenar
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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.
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First round was a technical discussion for 1 hour. The interviewer was very polite. Questions were more on practical experience. Second round: PDM for 1 hour. Focus was more on pressure handling and cost saving to the customer. HR discussion.
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Sydney, AustraliaJanuary 1, 2022The interview process was quite formal, involving multiple interviews with different people. The first interview focused on behavioral questions. This led to a series of technical interviews where I was asked to explain different concepts and scenar
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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.
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaDecember 1, 2021First round was a technical discussion for 1 hour. The interviewer was very polite. Questions were more on practical experience. Second round: PDM for 1 hour. Focus was more on pressure handling and cost saving to the customer. HR discussion.
