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%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
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It was an on the phone interview. First half was describing the position to me and the second half was behavioral questions. Overall, it was a pretty standard interview apart from me being unprepared to discuss the technology trends.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your favorite and least favorite class in college and why?
What do you do to keep up with trends in the technology industry?
I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Il Cairo, ) in Jan 2012
Interview
I got a screening call from HR person then I have been told to attend set of exams: started by IQ test, English exam, C++ test and Java test. I passed the exams and invited for 1:1 meeting with the team lead and hiring manager.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM in Oct 2016
Interview
I applied through the career fair, then a couple weeks later received an email about the coding challenge. I did that, the first problem is similar to fizzbuzz. The second problem is about string manipulation and the last one is about data structure. After that, I didn't hear back from them so I assumed there's no offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What technology did you learn on your own and what is the advantage of that?