IBM Engineer Interview Questions & Reviews
Updated May 15, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Engineering at IBM
Posted May 15, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)
Acquired
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Engineering at IBM
Posted May 7, 2012
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Bangalore (India) (took 3 days)
Confidence and communication matters a lot
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I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Presentation, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Engineering at IBM
Posted Jan 27, 2012
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took a day)
Engineering Manager did the phone interview. Asked couple technical questions but mainly went over my resume. Then HR contacted and arrange an on-site one. I met 7-8 people in one full day. A lot of technical questions were asked. Most of them were fine some of them were tricky and difficult. Some career plan related and behavioural questions came as well.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Engineer at IBM
Posted Jan 11, 2012
2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 (took a day)
tell me about yourself?
why do you want to join this company?
why should I hire you?
what do you know about this company?
tell me 2 big competitors of company?
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Engineer at IBM
Posted Oct 8, 2011
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 2 weeks)
Preliminary 1:1 interview to evaluate candidate's previous experience and potential ability. Followed by an hour long phone interview
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineer at IBM
Posted Oct 8, 2011
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 in New York, NY (took a day)
First there was phone interview with the hiring position manager. After it's passed, I got the invitation to go to the site for one day interview. I met with the manager and he/she arranged the whole day interview including presentation, 1-1 interviews with the group key members and the higher level manager. After 1-2 weeks, I got the notice of job offer.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Engineering at IBM
Posted Oct 4, 2011
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 (took 3 months)
Spoke with recruiter at career fair. They then followed up for a phone interview. There was a long time after that waiting and they finally called and I started soon after.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at IBM
Posted Aug 6, 2011
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took a day)
Discussed with several other managers and the hiring manager.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineer at IBM
Posted Mar 31, 2011
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 (took a day)
The company came to our college for campus hiring,conducted a written test,then Group Discussion followed by Technical n HR interviews. Written test was tricky but not very tough...consisted simple but tricky quantitative questions.GD mainly focused on political topics,but its not likely that they always give such kind of topics in all varsities.Technical interview was nice,not very hard to pass,not very easy.
Negotiation Details
IBM is a good organization to work with,provides healthy n comfortable environment
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Engineering at IBM
Posted Jan 22, 2011
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 (took a day)
I got an interview there and they asked me some fundamental knowledge about computer architecture and my previous project experience.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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