Consultant 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 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consultant roles take an average of 47 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Consultant according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (West Lafayette, IN) in Sep 2012
Interview
1.5 hour session interviewing with 3 different employees (2 Consultants, 1 HR Rep).
30 min Personal session with HR around personality, competencies, etc.
30 min Case Study session with Consultant
30 min Personal session with Consultant around experience, interests
Received a call from HR about a month later letting me know I had an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you obtain information if going to work for a client in an industry you were not familiar with?
I received an email in order to complete an assessment. The assessment were behavioral questions and I had to send in an audio recording. It was one round, and I did recieve an email for more questions but no offer after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions consisted of "what would you do" situations.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at IBM
Interview
The process was fairly quick. They were looking for someone with previous strategy work experience. Positive process. Interviewed virtually in the US. First round was 2 45 minute interviews. Describe a time you solved a problem
Long but nice multiple stages. First interview then a presentation . It was interesting and eventful lots of great opportunities to meet people. Learned a lot from it. Practiced my presentation skills