Consulting applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 72% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consulting roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 106 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IBM overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IBM as a Consulting according to 106 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 39%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Phone interview: 9%
Background check: 8%
Drug test: 7%
Personality test: 6%
Skills test: 4%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Hong Kong) in Apr 2018
Interview
Interview was 3 rounds on 3 Saturdays.
1st round: Individual presentation, Group Presentation, Written Test(Logical + Essay + Optional Code)
2nd round: Individual Interview - Behavioural + CV + Some Technical Questions
3rd round: Group Presentation to senior management + 5 min partner interview about career goals, fit in IBM, etc.
Its been 2 weeks since 3rd round but I haven't heard anything. I must say IBM HK HR is pathetic. They don't seem to be people centric and have no interest in understanding candidates timelines and answering their queries.
Update: I called IBM to talk to HR and they said that offers have already been sent out. So there you go, forget informing final round candidates why they didn't make the cut, they apparently don't feel the need to inform them about the decision also.
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Why IBM? Why CbD? Describe some challenging projects? Examples of teamwork?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IBM (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Oct 2025
Interview
A entrevista foi dividida em duas etapas e foi tranquila. Porém, na primeira entrevista, a vaga tinha um escopo. Na segunda etapa, a vaga ganhava um escopo totalmente diferente. Com a quebra de expectativa, não senti segurança em continuar o processo seletivo e declinei a continuação.
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Question 1
Foram perguntas técnicas sobre a minha atuação profissional e foram fáceis de responder. Propuseram um teste, mas optei por não realizá-lo, pois desisti de continuar o processo seletivo.
first round: english written test （gre level）
second round: meet with manager of the project, asked about cv and some behavioral question.
third round: meet with manager and partner, self-introduction, talk about a related project i have done before, some behavirol question, doing a presentation
difficult they asked very technical questions and some behavioral. Some if them had nothing to do with the role so it caught me off guard a bit and it was tedious
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Question 1
Tell me about yourself and what is an accomplishment you achieved