IBM interview questions
Updated Jun 3, 2026Difficulty
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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 63.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.75 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Enterprise Architect and Graphic Designer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Technical Engineer and Praktikant roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at IBM takes an average of 31 days when considering 109 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Praktikant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Associate Partner roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at IBM according to 109 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 15%
Presentation: 9%
Personality test: 8%
Background check: 8%
Skills test: 6%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 4%
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