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 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (Princeton, NJ) in Oct 2012
Interview
I interviewed for IBM Global Business Services' Consulting By Degrees training program last October. It was only one round of interviews consisting of three 30 minute sessions with two partners and a VP. Two of the sessions were behavioral/resume based and one was a qualitative case interview. At the beginning of the case interview, I began to jot down numbers that the VP was giving me in the question, but before I got very far he said I wouldn't need to make any calculations. Treating the case from a purely qualitative stance, it was very easy to come up with a solution. The case involved customer service. Two of my interviewers were very friendly, but one of the partners was a no-nonsense, straight to the point kind of guy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about an instance in which you were innovative.
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