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
Interview
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Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The students who clear the written round are called for Technical Interview. There is no hard & fast rule for which questions will be asked in this round, you can expect questions on any topic depending on the panel. To clear this round you should be clear with your basics. You should be prepared with Data structures and Algorithms, DBMS, Operating System, Networking, OOPs concepts and a programming language of your choice. Students from branches other than CS should prepare for other two subjects related to their branch. CS students will be expected to write codes in the interview. They also ask questions from resume. You may be asked puzzles in this round. To be prepared for puzzles you can practice from our Puzzles section.
Sometimes they only ask HR questions like :
1. Tell me about Yourself
2. Why IBM
3. Questions form resume
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
i have interviewed for that role and it went well, recruiter call and round 1 technical interview and round 2 panel round and round 3 is hr, more from resume and job responsibilities