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 239 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 239 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 a staffing agency. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at IBM (Edison, NJ) in Aug 2008
Interview
IBM has a rigorous interview process. It starts with Staffing agency that fills in huge number of forms before they even can submit you. Most of the staffing agencies as well have pretty tough criterions for you on communication and experience. This is followed by the IBM recruiter calling you and verifying on the information. Then is the technical interview for which they invite you to a location and they take good care of you. This is a panel interview followed by personal interview.
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