IBM interview questions
Updated Jun 5, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
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How others got an interview
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- 12%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 9%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 4%In PersonIn Person
- 3%OtherOther
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IBM interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at IBM as 71.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.78 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer and Program Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Cloud Solution Architect and Stage en développement de logiciel roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at IBM takes an average of 40 days when considering 160 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior Managing Consultant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Network level1 roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 360 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at IBM according to 160 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 26%
Presentation: 10%
Skills test: 8%
Personality test: 7%
Background check: 6%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 2%
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