I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at IBM in Mar 2012
Interview
The phone interview was based on the OOP concepts and a few basic database questions. They just want to know tht whether you have the idea or the base to work
Then in 1:1 interview they ask a few indeatils OOP concepts again, n the interview is calm as the interviewer was really nice and if we dont know something she would help by giving hints and aslo explained abt the kinda of work they do very nicely.
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM in May 2011
Interview
Rather easy. First a test about programming in Java. If u have SCJP you should be fine with the knowledge. In addition some questions about databases and UML. Standard questions about describing a project, challenges in it and solutions for them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference between checked and unchecked exception, when to use each of them.