The process took 3 months. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Jun 2011
Interview
had a very good round of initial interview and I was expecting to be shortlisted for the 2nd round - but unfortunately I heard that my interview response was negative.
I'm really unsure of what could have happened to mark it as "negative" - I'm confused!!
I was asked about generic PM practices, they heard about my projects, they explained about their position being interviewed for and also asked me about my notice period... by the time you think you will hear back positively from them… astonishingly it was negative!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Started with "Tell me about yourself and your projects"
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.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell us about a time you disagreed with a coworker and how you resolved the disagreement.
I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IBM (Munich, Bavaria) in Apr 2026
Interview
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time where... <- lots of these types of questions during the interview
