Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IBM overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IBM as a Software Developer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Skills test: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
3rounds
1.written exam 2 coding question
2.techinical in this round they asked mostly Projects , Database , Java , ML , Data Science
but in depth into it
3.HR General hr questions and indepth into projects
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM in Oct 2024
Interview
I have a technical interview in Oct 2024 and it covered the basic knowledge on their tech stack such as node.js and Java. One algorithm problem, not complex but somehow tricky.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to sort an array with uncertain length in limited resource? Assume the value are 0 and 1 only.
I applied through college or university. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at IBM (Lucknow) in Jun 2025
Interview
Interview started with the introduction, I told them about my projects. After that some OS and CN question answered all except one. after that they told me to open notepad and write a SQL Query. can't understand the first but did the second one. Asked to write a DSA problem on online editor as I completed the logic they asked me to explain it, I did. HR said the interview is over and asked if I want to ask about something, I asked about new cloud bridge of IBM, he answered. Interview end.