I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Jan 2021
Interview
4 rounds:
Round 1: Resume based interview (asked me questions about my projects to see my understanding of them)
Round 2: Technical (Involved coding)
Round 3: Cognitive Ability Assessment (played games on a website called cognify)
Round 4: PDM interview (only 10mins)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Binary search based questions, questions on my understanding of NLP
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Dec 2020
Interview
Profile - Machine Learning/ NLP
Timeline:-
1. Application Submitted - 1st Dec 2020
2. Shortlisted for Technical Interview - 16th Dec 2020
3. Technical Interview - 23rd Dec 2020
4. Cognitive Ability Test (Cognify) - 13th Jan 2021
5. PDM Interview - 15th Jan 2021
6. Interview Results - 3rd Feb 2021
Technical Interview Questions were Resume based.
PDM Interview Questions were both technical as well as HR based.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Q: 1. Questions related to projects and internship
Q: 1. What is Expectation of a random variable?
Q: 2. Explain the Bias - Variance Trade-Off
Q: 3. Project-related question
Q: 4. Have you ever collaborated on Projects? (To check Team player skills)
Q: 5. How would you give a presentation on an AI-based project to an audience which does not understand AI?
Q: 6. Why Research?
Q: 7. Why IBM Research Lab?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at IBM (London, England) in Nov 2020
Interview
Very calm and comfortable interview process. Will ask about your research. Be ready to show them your work. Was over zoom with a panel of 7-8 people. They introduce themselves and then it was my turn. I had to then start talking about my research projects and publications.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Explain your research and the papers that you have published.