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By MrZhang - 23/06/2009 03:34 - Australia

Today, I had an interview with IBM. For a week I did extensive research and preparation for the interview. At first the interview was going really well. I was hitting all the marks. Then just as a final casual question she asked with a smile "What does IBM stand for?". I didn't know. FML

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fatgothchick 0

Tuesday 23 June 2009 12:08

Internationale Büro-Maschinen how the heck should anyone know

Overcast117 5

Tuesday 23 June 2009 12:09

International Business Machines, but who cares?

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courtbby 0

Sunday 17 July 2011 13:52

#8... it's IBM not IMB

Crichton55 4

Monday 8 August 2011 4:52

International Bowel Movement?

thishannahkid 0

Monday 22 August 2011 5:54

ignorant bitchy men?

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Thursday 18 July 2013 4:43

International business machines.

zomgbies 17

Tuesday 29 October 2013 19:03

Incessant Bowel Movements!

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Monday 17 March 2014 3:57

Illegal Butt Massages

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Sunday 13 April 2014 5:34

Infinitely Breaking Machines.

magnetic_aura 26

Thursday 18 September 2014 8:51

If the rest of the interview went as well as you think, I'm sure that won't be THE deciding factor... Good luck, OP!

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Monday 22 December 2014 11:57

International Business Management?

yeahokay7 20

Sunday 29 March 2015 15:33

Maybe they just wanted to see if you would lie or not?

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