Software Engineer Co-Op applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 4 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 76.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. I interviewed at IBM in Mar 2026
Interview
I did their online assessment and was scheduled for an interview, but the company canceled it just one hour before the start time. Shortly after receiving the cancellation notice, I received an automated rejection letter with no further explanation or offer to reschedule. Contacted the recruiter, but they never replied.
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM in Feb 2026
Interview
It's an easy interview, and the recruiter was really nice! One on one interview about my experience and skillset, and more focused on the behavioral side of things. I had no technical questions asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could fund research, what is one think you would create right now.
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM in Jan 2024
Interview
1 round with Behavioral, Resume, and Rapid-Fire Trivia about systems design, tools, and database types. Moved onto team-matching. "Recruiters" are off-shore, overworked and very incompetent and straight ignore communication from candidates. The interview process needs to be more difficult, and they need to hire much better recruiters. Takes about 1-3 weeks from interview to offer depending on how quickly your interviewer hands off the packet, and how good your resume is for team-matching.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you demonstrated leadership, how do you approach debugging, tell me about a time when you disagreed with a coworker, tell me about a time when you solved a hard problem, tell me about a time when you received feedback.
Describe SQL vs NoSQL databases, list the types, what is difference between process and thread, What is a REST API