Entry Level Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Entry Level Software Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 99 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 Entry Level Software Engineer according to 99 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 17%
Phone interview: 15%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 4%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Coding Assessment on Hackerrank platform. The assessment link expires in 7 days.
Two questions similar to leetcode questions and There is a time limit to solve the problems. The test is timed for 90 mins
Technical tests on top of technical tests without ever hearing from an actual person, and receiving your rejection email 4 months later from an AI agent using a prewritten script.
This was the first virtual interview I had, and the interviewer didn't ask me any questions instead he asked me to give an impromptu presentation on a project that I worked on. For the first interview it would have been nice to get a heads-up to create a presentation or be prepared to start coding a project in front of someone.
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Question 1
Open a text editor and start going through and coding a project you worked on.
The first round was a behavioral interview where they asked about my background, my hobbies, and my early career plans. They asked about a project listed in one of my work experiences, but the project was related to the work of the role.