Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at IBM as a Software Engineer Intern according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 100%
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I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Austin, TX) in Feb 2026
Interview
Interview was smooth. It was 45 min interview, 30-35 minutes on resume dive, then about 10 minutes on a case question. There was no technical question. The interviewer was really nice
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions were specific to my resume experience (i.e. the hardest concept I taught as a TA, research work etc.)
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Austin, TX) in Jan 2026
Interview
Simple 30 minute behavioral star questions . Nothing technical at all and was just one round of interviews. Was over Microsoft Teams. Got offer after a week had passed from interview
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Austin, TX) in Jan 2026
Interview
30-minute blitz interview. Started with behavioral questions - less about "explain your projects" and more the general "tell me about a time when x". Then, general technical questions related to general CS concepts. Stuff like hash lookup and processes vs threads.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the difference between a process and a thread?