I applied through college or university. I interviewed at IBM in Nov 2021
Interview
One round interview with manager. Brief introduction first and then some technical questions(not coding but asking some fundamental OOP questions), the last part would be the behavior questions about your experience(What is the time when you have some problems and how do you solve it?).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the time when you have some problems and how do you solve it?
I had an online technical interview followed by an in-person personal/technical interview. The hiring manager was very clear about the process and his expectations of the roles as an intern.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Two "leetcode style" questions, one algorithms based, one database.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM in Nov 2025
Interview
The interview was easy; they discussed points from my resume. I had written cloud computing in my resume so they based off almost all of the interview on it, especially the debugging part.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you know which function is causing the application or instance is causing the application to crash?
Received an email to complete an online assessment on HackerRank for a job application. The questions were similar to LeetCode, focusing on data structures, DSA, and arrays. Unfortunately, I didn't pass.
Backend Developer Intern 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Backend Developer Intern roles take an average of 62 days to get hired, when considering 9 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 Backend Developer Intern according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
Personality test: 19%
Group panel interview: 19%
Phone interview: 13%
Presentation: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 6%
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