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 in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM in Apr 2009
Interview
Interned at the company, then was sent to the Assessment Center for interview with HR, group discussions and role plays (4 others were invited for this day), a presentation and multiple 1:1 interviews with technical people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design a search engine, what components does it have?
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