Provided by www.YuvaJobs.com - 26 June 2007 ,General - Interview IBM… International Business Machines also known as Big Blue conducted campus at MIT on 26th June, 2007. Students were from PVG, SKNCOE, SCOE and MIT. Criterion was aggregate 60% (For 5 semesters). Nearly 95 students got short listed from the aptitude test. Further 72 cleared the Group Discussion and finally 59 got through. I was one of them. 1. Aptitude Test: It was very interesting. It had 3 sections: · Matrix Manipulation: Three 5*5 matrices were given and there were 5 Qs on each matrix such as interchanging rows and columns, replacing one symbol by other, etc. (15 Qs in 13 min) there was no –ve marking for this section, so, I attempted all Qs. · Series completion: 20 Qs to be solved in 4 min. It had -1/4 marking. So, I attempted only 18. · Quantitative: 12 Qs in 17 min. It had -1/4 marking. I attempted only 7 Qs. This section was a bit tough. 2. Group discussion: Topic for our group was ‘Should Politicians be Honest?’ We were a group of 16 students. It was an extempore. Each one had to stand up and present his/her views. 3. Interview (At around 10 pm) Interviewer: he (Last Interview of the day!!) he: Finally… she: Yeh…Good Evening, Sir. he: So, what do you feel about being the last one to be interviewed? she: I got to know the questions that you asked to all my friends… he: Oh, really?? What did they tell you?? she: They told me that you asked 1. Tell me something about yourself? 2. Why IBM? he: That’s it?? she: Yeh. he: (smiling) These are just to start the interview..!! (I just smiled.) he: Tell me some things which you don’t like about your college… she: Sir, our college conducts re-tests if we have not cleared the regular unit test, and they send the reports back home. he: They really do that?? she: Ya, they do. he: Have you ever given the re-test? she: Yes sir, 2-3 times. Because we were busy in Firodiya Karandak practice… he: (Interrupting me…) Have you done Firodiya?? she: Yes sir. he: As what? she: As a Singer. I sung a Telugu song in S.E. and a Portuguese Song in T.E. he: Do you know something?? I am a musician… I have all instruments at my home. I have a reserved floor for music in my bunglow. IBM has it’s own band and we perform all over the world. I am the president of IBM club. (He was going through my resume.) he: So, should I grill you on c++ or java?? she: Yes Sir, you can. he: (smiled) Should I?? she: You can, sir. he: Anyways, you are watching me since morning, what do you think about me?? she: (Thought for a while) Sir, you are pretty honest and can go naughty at times.. and I think you don’t really prefer job hopping. Do you play guitar?? he: I play all instruments… he: Do you know, IBM takes special care of it’s women employees?? IBM has won the Best Employer award for 10-15 years… (I just nodded.) he: Ok…tell me something about yourself… she: I am from Bombay .. (He immediately stopped me) he: Bombay or Mumbai?? she: Mumbai…Are you from Mumbai? he: No, But its like my second home. Why did you think that I am from Mumbai?? she: A person who is so particular about saying Mumbai and not Bombay must be closely related with the city… (He just smiled) he: Continue… she: I love computers. I never get bored of them. It can be gaming or surfing.. he: (Interrupting me…) So, which was the last site you surfed? she: It was IBM. he: What did you like about it? she: Sir, I loved the latest logo in which ‘I’ is shown by vertically drawn eye and ‘B’ is represented by a honeybee. he: It is not really a logo… she: Ya, not exactly… but that particular picture… he: Ok. What is IBM’s slogan? she: What makes you special!!! (He nodded in appreciation.) she: Sir, actually I didn’t know this but my mother messaged me after I told her that I have cleared the G.D and have to go for the interview. (He smiled.) he: So, do you want to ask anything? she: Sir, when did you join IBM? he: I am with IBM since last 4 years. Before that I was working with a Japanese company. she: Sir, and what about the training? he: Training will be for 3-6 months depending upon the project requirements. Anything else you want to ask? she: No sir. he: Sure? she: Yes sir. he: (Smiling) Ok…So, now you will tell your mother immediately about the interview?? she: (Smiling) Yes sir. he: Do you think I will select you? she: Yes sir. he: Are you sure? she: 100% sir. he: confident? she: Absolutely Sir… he: (Smiling) Anyways, it was nice interacting with you.. she: Thank you, sir. he: Wait for the results now… she: Yes sir. Bye. he: Bye. Finally, around 10: 50 pm results were declared and Expression Of Responsibility was given to us!!!! Provided by www.YuvaJobs.com - 26 June 2007 ,General - Interview