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2021 IBM London Technology Consulting Graduate Scheme

Hi everyone,

I applied for the tech consulting graduate scheme at IBM and have made it as far as the manager interview which I have been told I passed.
It has since been a month from I was told this and was wondering if anyone who applied for tech consulting or other consulting roles has heard back about a role specific interview yet?

Thanks.

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Original post by gxs629
Hi everyone,

I applied for the tech consulting graduate scheme at IBM and have made it as far as the manager interview which I have been told I passed.
It has since been a month from I was told this and was wondering if anyone who applied for tech consulting or other consulting roles has heard back about a role specific interview yet?

Thanks.

Hey I have applied for a consulting role. I was wondering what the application process was like I'm waiting to do a game based test, I have passed one before. But do you know what comes after that?
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Original post by gxs629
Hi everyone,

I applied for the tech consulting graduate scheme at IBM and have made it as far as the manager interview which I have been told I passed.
It has since been a month from I was told this and was wondering if anyone who applied for tech consulting or other consulting roles has heard back about a role specific interview yet?

Thanks.

Hey, I was contacted about 3 weeks ago after my manager interview to say they matched me to a specific department. I had my final business interview and since then I received my offer. I think the stage you're at does take a while to get business-specific interviews. However, there's no harm in contacting the recruitment team :smile:
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Original post by shriyatiwari
Hey I have applied for a consulting role. I was wondering what the application process was like I'm waiting to do a game based test, I have passed one before. But do you know what comes after that?

Hey, so I had to answer some further questions about IBM then got the call for the AC and subsequently the manager interview.
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Hey, did you get it?

They just emailed me today saying that they ran out of places! Feeling quite deflated!
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Hey, did you get it?

They just emailed me today saying that they ran out of places! Feeling quite deflated!

Oh whoops, sorry didn't see your second post! Congrats!
sorry I know this thread is about the London programme but I applied for the graduate tech consulting role in Leicester and got a call from the recruiter about two weeks ago. She mentioned the starting salary was 24k which I think is terribly low considering how much IBM as a company is worth, I straight away said I was expecting minimum 28k (even though there website states UK grad programmes start at 32k). was I wrong to turn this down ?
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sorry I know this thread is about the London programme but I applied for the graduate tech consulting role in Leicester and got a call from the recruiter about two weeks ago. She mentioned the starting salary was 24k which I think is terribly low considering how much IBM as a company is worth, I straight away said I was expecting minimum 28k (even though there website states UK grad programmes start at 32k). was I wrong to turn this down ?

I wouldn't think you were wrong to turn it down, 24k is a bit ridiculous especially with it directly contradicting what is stated on the website.
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Original post by krenz
Hey, I was contacted about 3 weeks ago after my manager interview to say they matched me to a specific department. I had my final business interview and since then I received my offer. I think the stage you're at does take a while to get business-specific interviews. However, there's no harm in contacting the recruitment team :smile:

Hi, I had my final interview last week and was wondering how long it took them to get back to you after you had yours?
Thanks
Any tips on final interview
Hi! Not going for a grad role but juniour Strat consultant. Did anyone do casing interviews for this?
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Original post by gxs629
Hi, I had my final interview last week and was wondering how long it took them to get back to you after you had yours?
Thanks

Hey, sorry for the late reply. I received my offer a week after my final interview :smile:
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Hey, sorry for the late reply. I received my offer a week after my final interview :smile:

Congrats on your offer 🎉 🥳 what’s the starting salary like ? Was wondering if it’s from 32k as stated online
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sorry I know this thread is about the London programme but I applied for the graduate tech consulting role in Leicester and got a call from the recruiter about two weeks ago. She mentioned the starting salary was 24k which I think is terribly low considering how much IBM as a company is worth, I straight away said I was expecting minimum 28k (even though there website states UK grad programmes start at 32k). was I wrong to turn this down ?

Yh I thought the same as online it states starting from 32k, were they not willing to negotiate at all ? What did they mention when you said about £28k?
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Original post by Angel2021
Congrats on your offer 🎉 🥳 what’s the starting salary like ? Was wondering if it’s from 32k as stated online

It's 32k starting :smile:
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It's 32k starting :smile:

Thank you for answering, that’s great! Is it the same for graduate technology specialist, would you know? I was wondering if IBM is open to salary negotiation ?
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Original post by Angel2021
Thank you for answering, that’s great! Is it the same for graduate technology specialist, would you know? I was wondering if IBM is open to salary negotiation ?

I'm not 100% sure sorry
Original post by gxs629
Hi, I had my final interview last week and was wondering how long it took them to get back to you after you had yours?
Thanks


Did you get it ?
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Original post by krenz
Hey, sorry for the late reply. I received my offer a week after my final interview :smile:

That's okay, thank you! It has been nearly two weeks so I think I will follow up soon. Also congrats on the offer!
Original post by Angel2021
Yh I thought the same as online it states starting from 32k, were they not willing to negotiate at all ? What did they mention when you said about £28k?

did you also receive a similar salary offer ? tbh the recruiter sounded quite shocked/surprised that I was seeking something higher. Specifically her response was something along the lines of "ohhhh right, okay I will pass this information on to the hiring manager and see if they are willing to negotiate, we will be in contact with you soon about next steps etc" the next thing I received was an automated email saying my application was no longer under consideration. Which I have a slight feeling is because of me turning down the salary offer.

Original post by gxs629
I wouldn't think you were wrong to turn it down, 24k is a bit ridiculous especially with it directly contradicting what is stated on the website.

agreed !

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