Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Software Developer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Other: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at IBM (Coimbatore) in Sep 2012
Interview
It was a campus recruitment process. First it started with an written test which was easy. Almost 80% of those who wrote cleared the test. Then we had letter writing in which we have write a letter to a client about an addv. This was the point were many got rejected. Then it was GD and an HR interview.
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Interview is just HR for all mechanical students and all cleared the interview
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM in Aug 2012
Interview
My experience started in August with a trip to my University's career fair. After discussing my resume, shaking hands, talking about my interests, etc. I was handed multiple individuals business cards and told to apply online for a couple different positions as well as take their aptitude test online (the one with the math and other items).
I applied online to 3 (maybe 4 - I can't remember since it was a while ago) positions and about a week later, got the "Thanks but no thanks" declination email for all of my applications. So, I looked into other companies and accepted an offer.
Fast forward a couple weeks:
I get a call from a representative at IBM saying that I was going to be extended an offer and that details had already been sent to me (I checked my email while on the phone and there they were). I asked if they had the right person and they responded with my name. I was surprised to say the least and explained to them how I was told to try again next year a couple weeks ago and ask why I was being approached now. They said that after looking over my application, they thought I would be a great fit.
I declined on the spot over the phone because I had already accepted an offer a week earlier.
There were no interviews (save for my conversation at the career fair), no questions other than the aptitude test, just an offer out of the blue.
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Question 1
The most unexpected part was getting an offer (a very competitive one at that) even though I went through no interview process and was earlier rejected.
The most difficult part was their online aptitude test (and it was only the hardest because it was the ONLY thing I had to do)