IBM Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details After applying online, completing the standard IBM mini math/logic test, got an email about doing an interview in person at the office. This was about 3 weeks after applying. Set a time over email. Interview was about 2 hours, which is a fair bit for an internship position, but then again this was a fairly impressive position. It was a one-on-one interview in a meeting room with a dev from the team, the one that contacted me over email. Had a quick tour of the office before hand. Started off with some behavioural questions. I was nervous, it was my first ever interview for a tech job, and messed them up, starting the whole thing on a bad foot. From there, I was asked questions about my resume. Make sure to really be sharp on all the projects and what not you list, they will ask.

Got into some C questions pretty quick. Some questions about the general fundamentals of the language/advantages. Then some sample code was given on paper, in C, I was asked to find all the bugs in it. Then a few sample coding problems in C with pen and paper. Some fermi or back of the napkin questions after that. It was a lot of flipping back and forth from theory to application to fermi problems. Some questions about OS's, like multithreading, memory management, etc.

Interview Details Phone interview arranged after posting resumes on job media website at IBM career portal. First contacted by email from the DB2 team manager and arranged a phone interview.

Interview Details Applied online (powered by NetMedia), after 1 week got fist phone call asking basic personal information and rate your Linux/Unix skils from 1 to 10. After a week got second phone call lasting about half of hour, asking Unix technical questions such as file permission and process, and past work experience relevant to the role.
Then after 3 days, sit-in interview lasting about 2 hours. First panel with 2 other people asks soft skill questions, past experiences, future goals...etc. Second panel with a technical expert asks lots of difficult technical questions on Unix commands for debugging / process troubleshooting.

Interview Details HR normally screen the applications based on certain keywords that match the job description, and then the filtered candidates are passed to some coordinator to do further filtering. They will look at your resume and usually for new grads they look for top marks and for professional hires they look for experience.

Interview Details Applied online and about a month and a half later heard back about wanting to speak more about my application. First interview was over the phone and not so formal - got to learn about the position and company a little more. Second interview was more formal - was asked to talk about myself and my related experience; strengths, weaknesses; other typical interview questions. Got offered the position within the same week.

Interview Details Questions about general Computer Science concepts.

Interview Details I applied online for this temporary role. I received a call by HR to set up interview and the week after I appeared in 2 quick rounds of in person interviews.

Negotiation Details – There was no negotiation.

Interview Details IBM Human Resources in Montreal contacted me requesting a telephone interview with HR first. Then my application was sent to the director of enterprise architecture in Edmonton Alberta. The director requested a face 2 face interview, but I was unable to do that. We set-up a telephone interview and the call lasted about half an hour. The director requested that I meet with an Executive Consultant, Strategy & Transformation (IBM Global Business Services) in Toronto.

The Executive Consultant asked about my background and various HR related questions. I did not get the role mainly, because of the Executive Consultant that I met.

Interview Details Five rounds of phone interviews. Four technical interviews and one manager interview.