SDE 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SDE intern roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 SDE intern according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Personality test: 25%
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it was a very easy leetcode q, they went overopne of my OA solutions, and then he asked me 2weird conceptual dsa questions, and then we talkedabout a project of mine
OA then interview invite where Engineering manager mostly resume grill and basic git questions talked about his past experiences and how to become a leader i dont know what else
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at IBM in Aug 2025
Interview
Started of with a coding round having 3 questions. Followed up by a technical round. The coding round had an easy and a medium question and an SQL question. The main task was to complete these questions in the short time limit.