IBM case interviews. What are they like?

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IBM is still around?

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Straight out of school terribly easy. I think it was a basic profit case. Be careful when moving to IBM — some good opportunities but I’d be wary

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They are practical I’ve been told. You have to assemble a magnetic tape selectric typewriter blindfolded, and you are timed. If you can’t make it, you’re automatically voted off of the island. And that’s not cool. But I might be wrong.

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OP, IBM GBS just had a huge round of layoffs that included even high performers - GBS is not doing well right now. Assuming you're interviewing for GBS, now would be a really bad time to work there

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@OP I’m in iX. What level are you coming in at? One of the stronger practices and you should be ok, but no area is immune to layoffs when shit hits the fan

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So easy. You can say whatever you want. It's not really even a case more of a conversation. Not intimidating at all. IBM GBS was my first job out of school.

I did something blatantly wrong and got an offer. They are waiting for you to say things like “digital” “blockchain” “ledger” “change management”

@IBM1 why be wary?

@A1 this is IBM IX

You’ll be expected to deliver the best results over a period of 3 hours. At 2:49 they let you know you have to drive to a site 80 miles away by 3 to deliver the result. You’re laid off when you say that’s impossible. 🙄😂

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So this boring interview ... is it really for 30 min???

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