I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Cambridge, MA) in Feb 2018
Interview
Was invited to apply because I had a different offer with another team at IBM, but had made my interest in this placement known to my HR Rep. Was contacted via LinkedIn. After official materials were submitted, I had 1, 2 hr interview with my direct and more senior manager. This was very conversational and pleasant; the purpose was clearly to determine personality fit within team dynamics. 1 week later I had more of a skills interview with a more senior manager. Total process between first contact and offer was less than a month.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Austin, TX) in Sep 2014
Interview
Gauntlet-esque. There was a very intense design challenge. They said there was a limit of 5 hours on it, but if I had spent 5 hours on it I would have been laughed out of the room. It was more like 25 hours, and they gave me 4 days warning before my in person interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you start working here and are put on a team that you where everyone on your team is located elsewhere and you find no interest in the subject matter, what would you do?