3-4 rounds including written test, HR round, 2 technical round with customer. Questions are both straight forward and scenario based.What are your strengths? What are your greatest achievements? Describe a time you worked with a difficult colleague etc
The interview process at IBM
was smooth and straightforward. The technical discussion mainly focused on SQL join queries between two tables, along with a general conversation about AI and Generative AI concepts. The interviewers were friendly, and the overall difficulty level of the round was easy to moderate.
I applied online without referrals
First OA with 2 coding questions, medium to hard level, 1 hour time limit
Then 5 online recorded behavior questions, only 1 try, no retries
Next round is meeting the hiring manager and a senior engineer in the team
The online test interview process was well structured and user friendly. Instructions were clear, questions relevant, and platform stable. Timed sections assessed skills effectively, providing fair evaluation and experience overall.
Systems Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 43 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 Systems Engineer according to 43 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 13%
Phone interview: 12%
Presentation: 11%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Personality test: 9%
Drug test: 5%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -