Your interview experience at IBM iX

1: Get to know your Talent Acquisition Team

Sometimes there is an optional first screening call with a member from Talent Acquisition Team to get to know more about IBM iX, your future role and to clarify questions about your application documents. This conversation takes about 15 to 30 minutes, either via phone or MS Teams.

2: Let’s talk about technical competencies

In this technical interview, you get to know your potential Line Manager, accompanied by another colleague from a department or Talent Acqusition. Prepare yourself well so that you can present yourself and your previous work with highlighting a concrete project successes or portfolio case. Some technical and other questions will follow to better understand your thought process and skills, which are essential for the role you have applied for at our company. This exchange usually lasts 45 to 60 minutes via MS Teams.

3 (optional): Unleash your brilliance – Task time

In some cases, we may want to give you a hands-on task to better understand your skills and approach. This could be a coding assessment or a case-study to work on. You will most likely present your solutions during the following interview.

4: How do our values sync?

In addition to your potential Line Manager, you will meet other team colleagues as well. We want to know what values drive your professional attitude, how they align with our company, and how your personality even makes us grow. Depending on the role, this interview may also include your before-mentioned task presentation, followed by a discussion. It’s equally important that you get to know your future role, team-spirit and organization as well, so don’t hesitate to ask any questions. The estimated time for this interview is usually 30 to 60 minutes and takes either remotely or on-site.

5 (optional): Leadership Get2Know

In very exceptional cases, some questions may remain open on either side. Therefore, this exchange round will offer a final opportunity to either follow-up or clarify anything that might still be unclear regarding our organization and strategy, mutual expectations and a possibility to cooperate and build better digital tomorrow.

6: Welcome on board

It’s a match? Then we contact you to make a verbal offer and send you a digital draft of the contract. If you are happy with it and there are no questions left, it’s time for the written employment contract, which you will receive digitally or by mail. Once you have signed it, you’re part of the IBM iX team.