Software Engineer Apprentice applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 22% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Apprentice roles take an average of 72 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IBM overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IBM as a Software Engineer Apprentice according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Personality test: 14%
One on one interview: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Other: 7%
Drug test: 7%
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Asked several questions that dealt with working on a team. Also asked questions on how you addressed certain scenarios on that team and if there were ways you could have handled it differently.
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How did you change someones mind in a task at hand that you felt should have been done differently.
I have been asked to complete a coding assessment in a language mentioned in the job posting. They said the applications with solution written in those languages will have priority for the next steps
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at IBM in Apr 2023
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It is extremely difficult to get an interview or a response from anyone on the recruiting team without having a contact at IBM. I had one interview with a great team but outside of that team there has been poor communication with the recruitment team.
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If you had a strict deadline and your coworker needed help but it would affect your work meeting the deadline, would you help them?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IBM in Sep 2021
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It was the second interview. The interviewer didn't even turn the camera on. I was asked a lot of technical questions about Java language that was a little unexpected for me. In my resume the primary language was JavaScript. But I was okay with Java too. So be prepared.