Senior 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 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Consultant roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 98 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 Senior Consultant according to 98 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 24%
Group panel interview: 12%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Pune) in Nov 2014
Interview
Interview Process is fairly simple.One technical round, followed by HR round. Interview usually happens in IBM's office or you will have a telephonic interview from the office premises itself. If you clear your both the rounds, then they take biometrics or if crowd is more, then they will call you on next day. Offer letter takes about a month to come. They usually release offer letter after all the backgrounds checks are done.
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Question are generally related to what you have written in CV. Like what was your role in the project and then according to skill they ask question.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at IBM (Paris) in Nov 2025
Interview
Entretien agréables et dans un style collaboratif. Process un peu long mais normal dans organisation de cette taille. Durée du processus : 3 mois pour un profil expérimenté. Entretien sur place avec locaux agréables.
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connaissance IA, Compréhension du service et de l'offre logicielle. transformations des clients
Technical followed by Managerial, HR >> KYC screening is done. but this is pathetic. after all they said cannot meet my salary expectations. they should have told this at the beginning. had to waste my time and effort in all these rounds.
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SAP TM Technical scenarios were asked in different business cases
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at IBM in Oct 2025
Interview
After online application submission, next step was a machine-based interview. The Recorded Competency Video is a short assessment that allows you "to demonstrate your workplace competency beyond what a traditional resume allows. You will be presented with a pre-recorded question, and you will be asked to record your response . This is a timed assessment."
"This recorded interview will take between 10-20 minutes to complete. You will respond to multiple prerecorded interview questions. For each question you will be given 1 minute to prepare and 3 minutes to respond."
I was presented with four questions in total. There was a practice question available that lets you get a feel for the process.
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Questions were run-of-the-mill and focused on behaviors and general "are you a fit" type. In this interview event, there were no technical questions.