Technical Lead applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 88% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Lead roles take an average of 50 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Technical Lead according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 19%
Phone interview: 16%
Background check: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Personality test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 3%
Presentation: 3%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM in Mar 2017
Interview
I was interviewed one time, about two or three weeks after I applied. My interviewers were three of my future managers. The were friendly and to the point, which was nice. Overall a nice experience.
Interview Questions
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM in Nov 2025
Interview
Weird interview process, joined call and the interviewer sat there not responding to what I said then asked question, whilst he gave funny looks to answers I was giving, despite having another interview prior with similar questions that got me the job at that company.
He then pretended what I was saying was wrong when I challenged a false statement he made that was for another role entirely, he ended the interview and smiled all of a sudden after acting strange saying bye.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an example of how you would design a system and integrate it from one separate system into another?
Easy interview. Basic core java was asked along with hashmap iteration question.
In springboot also, very basics. Did not ask anything in multi threading.
2 questions based on Eda and kafka.
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (New York, NY) in Jul 2025
Interview
It was very smooth, more of a panel interview and a manager specific interview. Want to see technical and culture fit. Technical is more of if you can perform the day to day technical duties and your work ethic