Software Engineer 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 61% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 773 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 Software Engineer according to 773 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Personality test: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (Pune) in Jan 2010
Interview
Initially there was a written aptitude test. It consisted of 3 sections. No technical ques at all. Just checking your IQ. Questions were not difficult but time was very limited.
1st section consisted of 20 ques on matrices. there were few matrices(5x5, 6x6 etc.), each of them consisted of some numbers and alphabates and few ques on them such as swapping the rows and columns, locating rows n columns satisfying certain conditions(time - 13 min). I attempted 12-13. NO Negative marking.
2nd section consisted of 20 questions(time - 4 min). on number series (very simple). I attempted 18. It had negative marking.
3rd section was mathematical quantitative aptitude. It consisted of 15 ques(time - 15 min).It was toughest among all sections. I attempted 6-8. It had negative marking.
Then Group discussion and finally technical and HR interview. There may be 2-3 interviews depending upon the interviewer and your performance. They just ask your TE, BE project and some ques on data structures, C, C++ and database.
Interview is not so difficult but you need good communication skills.
This way I got selected...Best luck for you.
Mostly behavioral style questions across all rounds, with some technical deep dive into resume. Group style round with hiring managers and team all at once in the final round. Wasn't super difficult.
Fair. Not so difficult, everyday questions. The people were friendly. I think it would be a good place to work. I can't compare it with other interviews since this is the first one I got
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Needham Heights, MA)
Interview
the interview process was through i met with various recruiters and team leads i did a take home test before hand and i listed about my experiences everyone was kind