IBM Software Engineer Internship interview questions
based on 157 ratings - Updated May 13, 2026
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Software Engineer Internship applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2.5 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 Engineer Internship roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IBM overall takes an average of 25 days.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM in Sep 2024
Interview
I didnt get past the OA. The OA asked two leetcode medium questions. I don't really have more to add as I didn't progress in the interview process past the OA
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at IBM (Dublino, Dublino) in Oct 2024
Interview
The interview process was fine, Questions were nice and on-point for the required position, The only downside was that my interview went on for an extra 25 minutes for no reason and still didnt get a place for this position, The hiring manager was very nice.
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM in Oct 2024
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very simple string of 4 leetcode easy level questions hosted on Hackerrank. Most were about string parsing, didn't touch much on algorithm knowledge, but be careful on your time. Test cases provided.
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One of the questions that they asked me was a SQL database question where I needed to create tables based on email and timestamp of emails sent.