Consultant 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 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consultant roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 240 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 Consultant according to 240 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Phone interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 11%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (New York, NY) in Sep 2013
Interview
Was contacted in August for a resume drop, then contacted again in September for interviews. Flown out to NYC office for interviews in late September. Interviews lasted only one morning, consisting of 1 case and 2 behavioral. My interviewer for the case was very unprepared and was looking up her case while I gave my "tell me about yourself" talk. Behavioral interviews were pretty standard. After the interview, I was told decisions would not be made until November. In the first week of November I was emailed saying I was still under consideration. After 2 weeks of not hearing anything, I emailed the recruiter and was replied to with a rejection.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to convince someone of an idea.
I received an email in order to complete an assessment. The assessment were behavioral questions and I had to send in an audio recording. It was one round, and I did recieve an email for more questions but no offer after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions consisted of "what would you do" situations.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at IBM
Interview
The process was fairly quick. They were looking for someone with previous strategy work experience. Positive process. Interviewed virtually in the US. First round was 2 45 minute interviews. Describe a time you solved a problem
Long but nice multiple stages. First interview then a presentation . It was interesting and eventful lots of great opportunities to meet people. Learned a lot from it. Practiced my presentation skills