It was a long interview process. I had 3 phone interviews and along with 2 in person interview. Basic interview questions about my experience and research.
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Question 1
If you could choose to be an animal, what animal would you be.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at IBM (New York, NY) in Feb 2013
Interview
Interview process is usually by phone and managers are often traveling or remote. Can be difficult to get a real sense for the interviewer or the culture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What project that you worked had the most impact on the business overall?
1) Long application including CV with lots of questions. (up to 3 spelling mistakes allowed) + quant background heavily 2) group case discussion matching jobs and people profiles, where we attempted a matrix solution with the rest, but collaboration didn't work out well. confirmatory tests (numeric, verbal, ipato) during the rest of the day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Nothing unexpected, normal assessment day procedure.