There are opportunities for advancement, but only in certain divisions: Watson, Security, and Cloud. Those are the divisions that the company is investing in and hiring for. The other divisions' business is not stable, and a lot of outsourcing takes place.
While there are opportunities for advancement, it is still not as easy as one may think to move up the career ladder. It is not necessarily a question of expertise, but also of luck.
Have a consistent business approach: don't go from one business extreme to another.
There was one interview over the phone with the hiring managers. I was considered for two positions: application development and ETL/DBA. I was hired by the application development manager because the other manager was unavailable for the call. Beca
The interview took place 20 years ago, after I had contracted with IBM. The interview was conducted individually by developers, project managers, and executives. Each level of management addressed different areas of interest. They evaluated both q
The technical interview asked about Java, Agile, and CI/CD pipelines. Two people conducted the interview and a live coding test. It was a bit hard to clear the technical round. Most questions were for advanced Java.
There was one interview over the phone with the hiring managers. I was considered for two positions: application development and ETL/DBA. I was hired by the application development manager because the other manager was unavailable for the call. Beca
The interview took place 20 years ago, after I had contracted with IBM. The interview was conducted individually by developers, project managers, and executives. Each level of management addressed different areas of interest. They evaluated both q
The technical interview asked about Java, Agile, and CI/CD pipelines. Two people conducted the interview and a live coding test. It was a bit hard to clear the technical round. Most questions were for advanced Java.