J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez IBM en juill. 2016
Entretien
Was an internal transfer, so was pretty straightforward. Still, the red-tape took me 8 weeks. Had interviews with hiring manager, his manager, his colleagues and my future colleagues. Each of these rounds took a week and then another week or so for them to decide. Then finally the transfer. Also, being an internal transfer, they relied more on my references more than the actual interview.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Behavioral and situation based questions. Nothing much really. Things like, Why PM? What makes you think you can be a good PM? Talk about your leadership experiences. etc.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez IBM
Entretien
Got a link to a platform where you were asked to answer a series of questions. The answers had to be recorded, every answer was supposed to be answered in less than 3 minutes. Beforehand, the advice was given to prepare using the STAR framework.
Important: once started, you can only interrupt the process once, since they don't want you to have unlimited preparation time for the answers. If it gets interrupted (e.g. due to network connectivity or by closing the tab) a second time, the process is stopped and your interview is basically aborted.
Questions d'entretien [2]
Question 1
Tell us about a time you disagreed with a coworker and how you resolved the disagreement.
J'ai postulé en personne. Le processus a pris 1 semaine. J'ai passé un entretien chez IBM (München, Bavaria) en avr. 2026
Entretien
Zuerst tauschen wir uns über die gegenseitigen Erwartungen aus. Danach besprechen wir konkrete Situationen aus meiner bisherigen Arbeit im Banking-Sektor, zum Beispiel wie ich Herausforderungen gelöst habe. Mir ist ein ehrlicher Austausch wichtig, damit beide Seiten sehen, ob die Zusammenarbeit passt.
Got sent an invite to interview a couple days after I applied online. They move through the process quite quickly and they'll send you emails for additional forms to fill out if you move through the process.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time where... <- lots of these types of questions during the interview