Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 24 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 Data Engineer according to 24 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 22%
One on one interview: 18%
Phone interview: 13%
Personality test: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Background check: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Ottawa, ON) in Sep 2025
Interview
Many stages, slow response time (weeks between updates). Short leetcode and then followed by video recording verbal questions. If you get past this stage then you probably get to the technical portion/actual human interviews.
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Cochin) in Jun 2026
Interview
It was relly professional.
almost completed 1 hour procedure. the inreviewer was realy professional and good. the interview almost covered all type of mysql scnerio based logical questions. and also completed the all python panda questions like file handling using pandas. etc
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
It was regarding a tax and salary conversion related questions
IBM scheduled an interview without asking for my availability, forcing me to miss class in order to attend as I was completely unable to reschedule it. I was also sent no email in the days following the interview to update me on the status of my application. I had to look at the website to see that I was no longer under consideration. Just an overall awful process.
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Giza) in Apr 2026
Interview
First, the interviewer explained the interview steps. Then, he asked me to introduce myself and talk about what I’m currently doing in my job. After that, he asked me some technical questions and situational questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what's the difference between warehouse and data lake?