Consultant 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 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consultant roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 240 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 Consultant according to 240 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Phone interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 11%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Amherst, MA)
Interview
I applied through the college recruitment process. After attending a few informational meetings, I was invited for a 3 part interview. This involved 3 back to back 30 minute interviews with 3 different people; 2 behavioral interviews and 1 case study. The behavioral interviews were pretty standard questions just trying to see if you would be a good fit. The case study was not too complicated, especially if you prepared and learned what to expect (going in blindly would be a bad idea). They want to see how you would go about solving a problem, so make sure to think out loud and go through every step. Received a phone call about one week later with my offer! The whole process was probably about 1 month from the initial information meetings through to my offer.
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