Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 3 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 79% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 8 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 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IBM as a Data Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 67%
Group panel interview: 33%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at IBM in May 2022
Interview
Interview was easy. Had 1 round of interview. Questions were mainly on spark and kafka.
1. How to scale applications using kafka
2. Kafka group id mechanism
3. Spark
4. Spark sql code
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Questions on kafka group id
2. Spark
3. Code using spark
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Jan 2022
Interview
Chill interview.Got through campus placement.Asked a some questions on projects.Having worked on different databases is a plus.Having worked on different large scale data processing libraries is a plus ( Haadop , Apache Spark etc )
The technical interview was done a few weeks after the first HR interview. Both interviews lasted half an hour. At the first interview the questions were about work experience, motivation and career aspirations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Open questions to verify proficiency with tools mentioned on CV and questions about previous projects.