Data Scientist Intern 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist Intern roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IBM overall takes an average of 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IBM as a Data Scientist Intern according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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Brief, zoom call for 30 minutes. Asked me about myself and why this role. That was it. It was one round after the coding assessment. Hard to stand out with just 2 questions, might be a resume stat check to a certain point.
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (New York, NY) in Nov 2025
Interview
First got a online assessment with one SQL and one Python question. First round interview is about resume, some techinical questions based on resume, and a business case. Second round is similar. The interviewers are nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me your experience of building a statistical model
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Oct 2025
Interview
The interview process consisted of an initial screening round followed by a technical interview. I was asked about my academic background, projects related to data science, and basic concepts in Python, machine learning, and data preprocessing. Overall, the process was structured and straightforward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain one of your data science projects and the approach you used to clean data, select features, and evaluate the model.