IBM Placement

Just wondering if there are any people who are set to be on placement next year (07/08) at IBM!

I recently passed the assesment day and am currently in the 'matching process' where a manager within IBM will offer me a job if they think my skills suit etc. I am just wondering if anyone has been in the matching process before and not recieved a job offer cos ive been told the chances are very high for securing a placement once u are in this process but am still a bit apprehensive as to whether or not i will be succesful!

Is there anyone else who has either got a job at IBM or been in this process before?

Reply 1

Dimez

You're pretty much guarenteed a placement but there's still the slight chance that you won't be matched. Just relax matey, I'm sure you'll get your placement. :wink:

Reply 2

iliketurtles

Hey,

I'll be working at IBM Hursley this summer :smile:

I didn't go via the usual application process (just had a single interview at uni) so don't know much info about exactly what I'll be doing yet.

Alex

Reply 3

fais

I was at Hursley last year... turned it down this year to be in Warwick (couldn't be bothered to faff around looking for housing).

BigRed:
It's a good laugh.. have you worked there before? I'll probs drop you a SameTime soon :wink:

You know which dept you're going to be in btw?

OP:
Don't worry, for all intents and purposes you're in... the only way you won't be working there is if every single manager simultaneously decided not to take anybody on (ludicrously unlikely since interns only count as half a head in terms of HR mancount)

Reply 4

boonkoh

I applied for the Extreme Blue summer program they run every year, and although it was probably the one internship I really was excited about, I ended up having to turn them down before the last assessment round because of another offer.

I'm quite puzzled as to why they have a first round assessment day in mid-January, and then wait until end-March/early-April to have the second round assessment day. To me that's like saying they don't want the top candidates for it. Any student worth his salt would have applied to a range of companies, and many would have come back with offers before end-March, thus posing the dilemma of rejecting and placing all hopes on IBM, or playing it safe.

Plus they have a really wierd recruitment methodology. During my assessment centre, everyone applying for the technical side was doing some sort of computing-related degree, and I'm doing Biomedical Engineering. I felt so out of place and hopeless, but it turned out that I was one of the few ones that passed through that round. I've not had any notable achievements in programming, so I'm really curious as to what IBM is looking for...