IBM Interview Questions &amp; Reviews in Canada

Java Inheritance and Discuss famous Dog class-subclass in context of Inheritance and Abtraction?

Negotiation Details

The whole interview Process at IBM was very very Pleasant experience. The 1st interview with HR Coordinator(who was very nice and helpful), the second interview with Department Manager was again behavior and Technical mix. The last interview with Team Manager was highly Technical and again was very nice experience.

I was able to negotiate my terms and I would suggest all not to be shy or over sacred in negotiating terms but after you recieve your Verbal Offer.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Background Check.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 in Markham, ON (Canada) (took a day)

The interviewer was basically interested in knowing if I worked on a large project before. I did, so he asked my contribution in it. How many lines of code, classes I wrote. Asked about a few terms and technologies. No logic or brain teaser question. Very straight forward interview!

Interview Questions

Behavior Questions like "Give me an example of you leading a project and your team members not agreeing to each other. How did you handle it ?

Other Details

The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test and a Background Check.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 in Markham, ON (Canada) (took 2 days)

Applied online. Got called up and scheduled for interview. Met with the manager and senior developer. Was asked the normal suite of textbook questions, then behavioural.

Manager asked me to describe a chicken in Java.

Senior developer asked 2 to 3 challenging technical questions that bridged C++ to Java, mostly design and architectural.

Interview Questions

Describe a chicken in Java

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 3 weeks)

I had a phone interview about 1 hours long. Only one person interviewed me. He asked me technical questions, questions about my research, courses I have taken, what all interests me, demonstrated leadership experience (co-curricular activities). Technical questions were on database, data structures, distributed computing and networks. He asked a lot about my research (even undergrad) and what all I learned from my courses. He also asked whether I am comfortable with giving presentations etc.

After the long phone round I also had to take their online aptitude test IPATO. It was quiet easy and not long (45 min in all). After 3 weeks of waiting I was offered the job.

Interview Questions

How would you serve hundreds/thousands of clients requesting server/database resources when you have only one server? What algorithm, technique and points to keep in mind.

How to check stack overflows?

Other Details

I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Background Check.

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Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Mar 2010 in Ottawa, ON (Canada) (took 4+ weeks)

I had a phone screener, with basic programming questions, followed by an in-depth technical phone interview several weeks later, where I was asked more detailed questions about compilers, OS's and more.

After a while longer, I was finally told that they were not hiring me for the position, though it took quite a while to find out.

Interview Questions

What is the difference between an abstract class and an interface?

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Sep 2009 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took a day)

applied on-line, got a request for the interview via e-mail and scheduled an interview. The company already had my application including cover letter/resume/transcript. However, it seemed like they did not have a copy of my transcript, so if your mark is not-so-great, do not directly provide it to your interviewer unless otherwise asked.

Interview Questions

Tell me about your experience in the field of HCD(human centered designs)

what's your strength/weakness

Other Details

The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.

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Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 in Ottawa, ON (Canada) (took a day)

I got the interview through the CO-OP program at my school. Interviewer was very nice, got along very well. I was able to answer most of the questions, none of them very technical. The most technical question was "What are the 3 main terms in a SQL Select statement". Questions were mostly about my past experiences, previous work terms, my classes etc. some hypothetical questions. Overall, pretty easy, just be yourself and be able to elaborate on your past experiences and be able to explain how you solved problems.

Interview Questions

What are the three statements in an SQL Select statement?

If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?

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Other Details

I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jun 2007 in Markham, ON (Canada) (took 2 weeks)

The interview consists of 3 round, 2 phone interviews, one with the manager and one with the team lead, the other one is a one on one technical interview. To get the Job in IBM, you need to fit their culture and values. Talk positive and speak loud and confident. But do not bogus.

Interview Questions

The job requires knowledge and experience in mainframe, which you don't have, why you think you can still do this job?

compiler optimization problem

Negotiation Details

Salary, vacation days.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Background Check.

Helpful Interview?

Yes | No

Inappropriate?

3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2008 in Markham, ON (Canada) (took 3 weeks)

Slow. The culture at IBM seems to move at a snails pace in terms of getting stuff done. HR is particularly slow so don't panic if it seems to be taking a long time. Don't sweat the IQ test. I'm not sure if it's a requirement for being hired and even if it is it is pretty easy. The example questions you see online arn't always right however they do get you in a good state of mind.

Interview Questions

A question about something about your resume.