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Updated 12 Jan 2025

Top IBM Interview Questions and Answers for Experienced

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Aug 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About Invoice processing
  • Q2. About Accounts knowledge
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About Technical Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - to be have knowledge about Account's
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Aug 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About azure and my technical skills
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About preference and growth
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary negotiation and working day in previous organisation

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Q1. What type of ticketing tool was used in your previous organization?
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Senior Practioner- Telecommunication Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 4 Jun 2022

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. I had very smooth interview experience at IBM.During my interview, interviewer was mainly focus on my technical as well as soft skills. Some of the questions which had asked during my successful interview ...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just be confident , focus on your skills.Do not feel panic at any point of time .Try to deal with honesty, if you know the correct answer then you can explain things in details but if you not then always tries to say no.No point making any false argument there, because interviewer knows what you are going to say . do not try to over smart. JESTURE IS IMPORTANT.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It was physical interview. Attended an off campus drive where first round was of coding taken through Hackerearth platform. Not so much difficult, there were total seven test cases and 3 or 4 should be successful.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This was only interview including Technical as well as HR. Where I was asked about my introduction, final year project, asked to write any code of my choice and explain, joins and why IBM.

Top IBM Application Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Tell me how to write ansible playbooks and how would you define a CI/CD pipeline. What tools can you use for pipeline creation and how it works.
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Application Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Reverse Linked ListGiven a singly linked list of integers. Your task is to return the head of the reversed linked list. For example: The given linked list is 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4-> NULL. Then the reverse linked list is 4 -> 3 -&g... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Reverse the string (code in java )
  • Ans. 

    Reverse a string in Java using StringBuilder or character array.

    • Use StringBuilder's reverse() method to reverse the string.

    • Alternatively, convert the string to a character array, swap characters from start and end, then convert back to string.

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  • Q2. SQL query to find max salary in different areas of employee
  • Ans. 

    Use SQL query to find max salary in different areas of employee

    • Use GROUP BY clause to group employees by area

    • Use MAX() function to find the maximum salary in each group

    • Combine GROUP BY and MAX() to get the desired result

  • Answered by AI

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Top IBM Application Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Tell me how to write ansible playbooks and how would you define a CI/CD pipeline. What tools can you use for pipeline creation and how it works.
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Application Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Reverse Linked ListGiven a singly linked list of integers. Your task is to return the head of the reversed linked list. For example: The given linked list is 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4-> NULL. Then the reverse linked list is 4 -> 3 -&g... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before May 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Roles and Responsibilities as Business Analyst, Details of Mapping Specification Document, Design Document, Agile Way etc...
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. With HR and Project manager again, it was totally on cloud.

Top IBM Business Analyst Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Explain in breif and adding real experience stories how to solve problems.
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Business Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. You have 10 boxes of balls (each ball weighing exactly10 gm) with one box with defective balls (each one of the defective balls weigh 9 gm). You are given an electronic weighing machine and only one chance at it. How will you find out which... read more
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Consultant Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 16 Jun 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About your prior work experience
  • Q2. About your future plans.

Top IBM Consultant Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. How is Warehouse Order created ? What is the logic behind the creation of Warehouse Order when there are 10 warehouse tasks ?
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Consultant Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. How would you pass an entry for travel expenses incurred and paid by employee and was reimbursed? How would the end to end flow happens
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Application Architect Testing Services Interview Questions & Answers

user image Mayank Modi

posted on 12 Oct 2023

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Double-check your resume for any spelling mistakes. The recruiter may consider spelling mistakes as careless behavior or poor communication skills.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Core Java interview questions
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Overall project experience
Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Do not use an unprofessional email address such as cool_boy@email.com. It shows a lack of professionalism by the candidate.
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Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about your self Self introduction
Round 3 - Assignment 

About assignment Related question on Facilities Admin what is MSDS, PPE, Excel word PPT templates and others

Round 4 - FM 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. About MPO Vendor management fire extinguisher chemical VIP Guest building maintenance

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - About salary Notice period and the expectations of salary
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Xception handling
  • Q2. Collections in java
  • Ans. 

    Collections in Java are data structures that store and manipulate groups of objects.

    • Collections framework provides interfaces (List, Set, Map) and classes (ArrayList, HashSet, HashMap) for storing and manipulating data.

    • Collections offer methods for adding, removing, and accessing elements in a structured manner.

    • Collections can be used to store objects of any type, including custom objects.

    • Example: ArrayList names = new...

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain exception handling
  • Ans. 

    Exception handling is a mechanism to handle errors or exceptional situations in a program.

    • It allows the program to gracefully handle errors without crashing.

    • Exceptions can be caught and handled using try-catch blocks.

    • Common exceptions include NullPointerException, ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, and IOException.

    • Exception handling helps in debugging and maintaining code.

    • It separates error-handling code from normal code

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Hashmap working in collections
  • Ans. 

    HashMap is a data structure in Java that stores key-value pairs and provides fast retrieval of values based on keys.

    • HashMap is part of the Java Collections framework.

    • It allows null keys and values.

    • HashMap uses hashing to store and retrieve elements efficiently.

    • Example: HashMap map = new HashMap<>();

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Top IBM Application Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Tell me how to write ansible playbooks and how would you define a CI/CD pipeline. What tools can you use for pipeline creation and how it works.
View answer (3)

Application Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Reverse Linked ListGiven a singly linked list of integers. Your task is to return the head of the reversed linked list. For example: The given linked list is 1 -&gt; 2 -&gt; 3 -&gt; 4-&gt; NULL. Then the reverse linked list is 4 -&gt; 3 -&g... read more
View answer (6)

IBM Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in IBM interview for experienced candidates?
IBM interview process for experienced candidates usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the IBM interview process for experienced candidates are Technical, Resume Shortlist and HR.
How to prepare for IBM interview for experienced candidates?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at IBM. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at IBM expect are Agile, SQL, Python, Javascript and SAP.
What are the top questions asked in IBM interview for experienced candidates?

Some of the top questions asked at the IBM interview for experienced candidates -

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How long is the IBM interview process?

The duration of IBM interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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