Technical Sales Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2.7 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 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Sales Engineer roles take an average of 52 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Technical Sales Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Background check: 25%
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It is more focused on soft skills and knowing how to communicate business value in addition to product differentiators to different stakeholder personas. They ask you to prepare a presentation based on a case and do role-play to test how you'd react with a client. There are two rounds with peers and management.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you answer this question: why should I go for this product with so many open source and enterprise options?
The interview process was relatively quick. Not extremely technical but as a candidate they like people who can explain technical things in a rather simple manner. It seems that they also like to value soft skills a lot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the different types of cloud implementations.
Very relaxed process. Had a prerecorded interview, and 2 following interviews with people in the role. Questions regarding why that role and other behavioral questions. Were looking for your motivations to sell rather than actual experience.