#!process IBM ELH Bellevue Office

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warped panther
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my portal status changed to in interview process and I recieved an email to fill out a questionnaire which was like restrictions and stuff but nothing out of ordinary

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does anyone know what I should expect? I'll keep this thread going until I either win or lose

meager meteor
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imma say stay cautiously optimistic - seems an offer might be on the way!

warped panther
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wait I haven't even interviewed yet lol mb

meager meteor
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had the same thing happen to me (SVL -> ELH, same forms)

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oh

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oops nvm then lol

warped panther
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all good

meager meteor
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umm

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might just be a recruiting change in their backend

warped panther
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I just didn't expect to recieve an email questionnaire since no one mentioned it that got the offer

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true

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I think so they sent out rejs for interns and some ELH I heard

magic tulip
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questionnaire is a hit or miss no?

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ive seen people get it but get no proc

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and rej

meager meteor
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its like a shot in the dark

magic tulip
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well i think you know pretty soon after ur questionnaire anyways

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people get an update next day

warped panther
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Idk my portal changed to in interview process

magic tulip
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afaik

meager meteor
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yeagar did u interview with ibm at any other point of time?

magic tulip
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Yea pretty sure u will just get an intv

warped panther
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so im hoping

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nope

magic tulip
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yea he got the pre-r1 form

meager meteor
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yeah okay interesting

magic tulip
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no intv would be Insane bait

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😭

warped panther
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takes one day? should be chill

meager meteor
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pre-r1 rarely sends form asking abt restrictions

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i think..?

warped panther
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It was like did I sign any other offers and the usual stuff you'd see

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I tried to see if i can look the questions and responses I gave but looks like I can't

meager meteor
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huh my impression was that ibm asks that post interviews to finalize if they shld send u an offer

magic tulip
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ye they do that too, for citizenship i think

meager meteor
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curious as to why theyre asking u that so early lol

magic tulip
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u get a form before and after

meager meteor
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yeah

magic tulip
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i got a form before my r1

warped panther
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oh yeah citizenship was on that

magic tulip
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same day as schedule

meager meteor
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i understand a form asking abt military and citizenship and noncompetes

magic tulip
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so maybe u get urs scheduled today/tmr @warped panther

warped panther
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how was the process for you @magic tulip

magic tulip
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with a couple other people

warped panther
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oh they auto schedule me?

magic tulip
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their proc is a mess

warped panther
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maybe they doing it in waves

meager meteor
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ibm proc is messy and opaque

magic tulip
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imagine manually changing ur stat to interview in process but then rej tho like wtf 😭

warped panther
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I'd be sick lmao

magic tulip
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yea just be patient and see tomorrow

warped panther
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was the interview leetcode heavy?

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I heard its mostly behavioral but i feel like some people are capping

magic tulip
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lol no

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its a coin flip whether u get behav/tech but as far as ive seen, alot more behavioral than any leetcode

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Its interviewer dependent

warped panther
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hmm makes sense

magic tulip
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my r1 was behavioral and asked me some data structures trivia

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Resume deep dive

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is the most consistent thing so far

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so just make sure u can talk about ur resume easily

warped panther
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what do you reccomend to prep? and how have you been prepping?

magic tulip
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and ur experiences

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u should ask questions after probably

warped panther
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we can talk in dms if your more comfortable with that

magic tulip
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if u know everything u did in ur resume then ur ready probably other than that, i dont think ur gonna be able to predict what they asked

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my interviewer almost started asking some system design shit lol

magic tulip
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aside from that u can just leetcode incase u get leetcode

warped panther
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ahh okay

meager meteor
magic tulip
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id focus prepping questions to ask tho, show ur research and interest

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that'll proly stand out

warped panther
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I'll pray for behavioral then lol

meager meteor
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ur like 80% likely to get behavioral/resume deep dive

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know ur resume rly well

magic tulip
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Yea honestly i was doing STAR method without them even asking me

meager meteor
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and in the worst case be prepared to pull up ur github or code

magic tulip
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cuz i had alot to talk about

warped panther
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haha I'll do that

magic tulip
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so he barely asked me star questions

meager meteor
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yeah same

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interviewers asked me "tell me abt ur resume"

magic tulip
meager meteor
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i did star method

meager meteor
magic tulip
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dman

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damn

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thats kinda intimidating 😂

meager meteor
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my projs were old and i lowk didnt rem some deets abt it

magic tulip
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they boutta start flaming my code

meager meteor
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so i was very intimidated when he asked me qs

magic tulip
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yea

meager meteor
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but somehow i got an offer

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lol

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so yeah worst case they will deep probe u

magic tulip
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probe huh kermit_think

warped panther
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shoo t

magic tulip
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Bruh why can i not send a gif

warped panther
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how does location work?

magic tulip
magic tulip
warped panther
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cuz I was hard set on Bellevue in my app

magic tulip
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Most common is
Austin
Lowell MA
San Jose

meager meteor
warped panther
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yeah

meager meteor
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i think ur gonna still recruit for bellevue

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but itll show up as elh

magic tulip
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i wouldnt bet on it unless ur role says bellevue

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i dont remember a bellevue specific role

warped panther
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thats fire hopefully thats the case

magic tulip
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Role title*

warped panther
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Software Developer ELH 2026

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new grad swe i suppose

meager meteor
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is ts intern?

warped panther
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no

meager meteor
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oh okay

warped panther
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are you intern?

meager meteor
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so ur in proc for entry lvl/new grad?

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nah not

warped panther
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yeah

magic tulip
warped panther
magic tulip
warped panther
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this one i applied to

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shoot

meager meteor
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this can offer some info

warped panther
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well beggers can't be choosers

meager meteor
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but to summarize, i applied for ibm entry lvl sde at the SVL loc

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did r1 and r2 for that

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they closed the svl posting, moved my application to entry lvl sde elh 2026

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then i got an offer for svl

warped panther
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thats fire what the heck

meager meteor
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so if what happened to u is u applied entry lvl sde @ bellevue

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and they moved u to elh

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i think they still hold onto which loc posting u applied to

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but thats not 100% confirmed, just seems likely based on my exp w ibm recruiting

warped panther
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I put bellevue first then san jose then new york

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but I preferred bellevue

meager meteor
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oh wait did u apply to a general ibm job posting?

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not a location specific one?

warped panther
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so maybe they still deciding

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yeah I just realized lol

meager meteor
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ohhh okay

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then nvm

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my info/advice doesnt rly stand

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damn yeah ur loc will prob be random

warped panther
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I read some past post saying that people usually get their first choice loc

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and if you live in the same state its more likely

meager meteor
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i think not as many folks wanna go to bellevue

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compared to sj or nyc

warped panther
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they trippin lol

meager meteor
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so u shld be good in that regard?

magic tulip
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bro nyc is dead i havent seen anyone get nyc

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theyre sending entry levels to the states/cities nobody wanna go to

meager meteor
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id take nyc over svl ngl

warped panther
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its prolly smaller

meager meteor
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or too popular

warped panther
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true

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cap1 new york office is filled to the brim all the time

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and Google

meager meteor
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yeah

magic tulip
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Ideal pipeline is reloc to wherever they send and then ask to transfer to preferred city

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after y1

meager meteor
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nyc is highkenuinely goated

meager meteor
warped panther
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ngl tho expensive af im tryna stack my checks

meager meteor
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im planning to do 1 yr in svl, ask for reloc to nyc for y2, job hop afterwards

magic tulip
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ur based in nyc or u want to be in nyc

warped panther
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good method

meager meteor
meager meteor
warped panther
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I can live at home tho minimal expenses

magic tulip
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i see

meager meteor
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or try job hopping after 1 yr

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hopefully to a company in nyc

magic tulip
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100% youll be able to hop to a company in nyc after ibm 1y

meager meteor
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yeah

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ibm is a stepping stone

warped panther
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IBM is still good right? or unc company

meager meteor
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its a good company but its not faang+

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its like 1-2 tiers below faang+

magic tulip
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Ibm offer still better than 50% of the new grad competition so

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id say good

warped panther
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where does Stripe rank?

meager meteor
meager meteor
magic tulip
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ibm is actually pretty good lol

warped panther
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hmm interesting idk much about ranking been tapped out

magic tulip
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ppl only underplaying it cuz they're hiring 3x

meager meteor
warped panther
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isn't pay good tho?

meager meteor
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if u get a good team u get a good team

warped panther
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160k if i remember

meager meteor
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doesnt matter where at

meager meteor
magic tulip
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lol yea i wouldnt worry, if u get the ibm offer, then u can leverage that when trying to pass res screen at other companies

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and u will still be new grad status

meager meteor
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yeah exactly

magic tulip
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oh nah who summoned tacocat

meager meteor
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i love u @grand nimbus

magic tulip
warped panther
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who dat??

magic tulip
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IBM new grad vs. coughing baby (unemployed post graduation)

dusty shoal
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I got questionairre, rated them highly, immediate rejection through portal. No email lol

meager meteor
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did it show in portal?

magic tulip
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As long as u have 1 role in ur portal saying interview in process ur good tho

meager meteor
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the rej?

magic tulip
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theyre just reallocating ur profile to a role to keep track

meager meteor
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and yeah check to see if u have a new ELH role that popped up or smth

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esp if its one u didnt apply for

warped panther
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yeah wait i notcied there was a new ELH role

dusty shoal
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Yea. Only have one under recruiter review but that's been there for months

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meager meteor
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cuz that indicates theyre moving ur candidacy around in the backend

warped panther
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so they did just relocate your profile

meager meteor
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have u done r2?

dusty shoal
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Yeah

meager meteor
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how long ago?

magic tulip
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how many months specifically LOL

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Longest i seen so far is final round -> offer lasting 2mo

dusty shoal
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It's all over boys. I did r2 about 8 days ago

magic tulip
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lol yea see u next month

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is your recruiter initials IC by chance

meager meteor
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it took me from r2 feb 10 to offer mar 4

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~a month

magic tulip
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Yea yo shit either gonna be 3 business days, 1 month or 2 months

meager meteor
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yeah

meager meteor
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just have it be a thank u note + curious abt next steps

restive vale
dusty shoal
meager meteor
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do u see an elh posting update in ur portal?

dusty shoal
dusty shoal
meager meteor
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aw man

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hmm give it a few days maybe and see what happens

warped panther
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5 business days after pre-R1 questionnaire haven’t received interview schedule yet mildly concerning

meager meteor
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nah it takes a while 😭

warped panther
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cooked bruh they taking mad lon

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long

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status still says "in interview process"

meager meteor
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yea