IBM Interview Questions, Process, and Tips for Freshers

Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Resume plays an important role in this round. What ever you put in your resume will be reflected to you as questions. So carefully add the details.
I entered into the interview panel by 10:05 hours and i wished him and he asked me take the seat and he asked me to introduce myself and he asked me to explain about the project briefly and asked what are my hobbies, achievements and all those stuffs and he entered into technical side and as i was from Electronics background he asked me only the basic concepts of some topics in C, C++, Data structures, SQl, Databases. I didn't touch my pen for his questions and answered everything orally. He too agreed and was satisfied with my answer. Non-IT students get this advantage of answering orally the concepts alone.And he concluded the interview and asked me to wait for the result outside and i came out by 10:45 hours and after 10 mins i got the result that i have cleared the round and asked me to wait for the HR round. Out of 150 they selected nearly 85 in this round. Guys prepare for the this round hardly if you want to clear this all you need to do is to learn basic concepts and some programs. It is more than sufficient.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: I had this interview for 15 mins. He just asked me about IBM and why IBM? I answered it clearlly and cofidentially and he was very much interested in the way i said and we were chatting about my college days and movies and he asked me to ask some questions to him. So i asked when is my joining date and what is my job role in the company to him and i thanked him after that, i left the room and was waiting for the result.And after a few mins that they asked me to fill the IBM employment form and once they ask you to do so it means that you are selected and you can be happy and guys note that there is elimination in this round. So speak and answer confidentially in this round out of 85 they selected 75. Be cofident guys. See you all in IBM.

College Name: n/a

Round: Test
Experience: Third Round: Written testAfter Typing test, the third round was conducted in which I had to clear a written examination. For this, they gave all of us a question paper , in which there were 4 sections :EnglishLogical-reasoningGrammarAttitudeThey gave us 1 and half hour to complete this. I completed this test in 1 and half hour and submitted my sheet to them. 
Then they said us to wait. We waited for at least 3 hours. We were tired during waiting, Fourth round was still very far, because HR manager hadn't came till that time and it was also taking them a lot of time to check our written test. When we were waiting for the HR, we had some coffee during that time and the coffee was free of cost for all of us.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Fourth round: Interview with HR ManagerAfter waiting for three hours finally, HR came and they started calling candidates for personal interview. My number came soon and they called me for interview, I was very nervous. But the HR was very good, they made me feel comfortable, and then started asking questions--
Their first question was--
1. Tell me something about your profile.
Ans. I answered My name is Shikha. I live in North Delhi at ...... , I am an undergraduate and I am doing B.COM from Delhi University and in my final year.
When I was answering this question they stopped me in between and asked
"ARE YOU AN UNDERGRADUATE?" 
I said
"YES" 
Then they said that: 
"sorry , you can't apply for this position"
I asked them 
"WHY?" 
Then they said that 
"We do not hire undergraduates." 
Then I said that 
"But the person who referred me , he said that undergraduate can apply", 
They said, 
"This must be an misunderstanding",
Then I thanked the interviewer and went out of the room, I was very upset, because it took me a whole day and my all effort didn't pay me anything.
But I didn't lose hope and decided to come back after completing my graduation.
It was an amazing experience for me , I learned a lot of things and it also taught me one thing that:
"ANYTIME YOU GO FOR INTERVIEW FIRSTLY GET ALL THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE JOB AND SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THIS"
I hope it helps you all.

College Name: NA

Round: Test
Experience: 1) Number series (18 questions with a timer of 2min and 15 sec for each questions).
2) Quants (18 questions with a timer of 2min and 15 sec for each question).
There was no sectional cut off and no -ve marking. So try to solve all the problems within the time limit.
SECTION 1: Number series:
What is the next number of the following sequences 
1) 3,8,12,48,29
2) 48,24,35,7,16,8,7,15,80
3) 13,24,36,23,34,
4) 18, 24, 5, 21, 27, 8, 17, 23, 4, 24, 30, ?
5) 100, 98, 95, 90, 83,?
6) 1, 3, 3, 2, 8, 10, 3, 4, 12, 4, 8, ?
7) 49, 7, 98, 16, 4, 48, 9, 3, 36, 25, 5, ?
8) 9, 12, 4, 8, 12, 15, 5, 9, 3, 6, 2, 6, 6, 9, ?
9) 1,1,1,2,2,2,3,4,3,3,5,6,?
10) 33, 8, 41, 21, 67, 72, 47, 119, 124, ?
11) 1/7, 3/4, 4/9, 5/6, 7/11, 7/8, ?
12) -16,-8,4,24,12,-6,-40,?
13) -15,-14,34,32,-42,-39,58,54,-61,?
14) 13,24,36,23,34,56,33,44,96,43,54,...
15) 1,1/2,3/2,2,5,1/3,16/3,15,12,1/4,43/4,?
16) 9,15,26/3,29/2,25/3,14,8,26/2,23/3
17) 4,11,66,74,370,379
18) 2/3,5/3,32/6,7 2/3
19) 5,16,22,68,28,87,34
20) -5 1 -11 23 29 17 -20 -14
21) 1.8,3,0,6,2.5,5,0.5,3.4,2,1.7,4.8,6,?
22) 7776, 625, 64,9,?
23) 7,-14,-4,15,-30,-20,-21,?
24) 7,-35, -34, -3, 15, 16, ?
25) 4,2,4,8,6,8,,16,?
26) 3,7,10,8,4,12,0,5,5,3,2,?
27) 3,2,1,4,5,4,5,1,0,6,3,2,?
28) 507,169,248,62,36,12,168,42,168,?29) 2,3,10,15,26,35,50,?
30) 7,4,6,3,4.5,1.5,2.25,?
31) 7.2,2.2,3.2,16,11,12,60,55,56,?
32) 0.7,1.2,1.2,2.2,1.7,3.2,2.2,4.2,?
33) 1,3,3,2,8,10,3,4,12,4,8,?
34) 8,0.5,16,4,15,0.3,50,4.5,6,0.2,30,?
35) 5/6,1/3,1/2,1/2,2/8,1/4,5/6,1/6,2/3,1/2,1/3,?
36) 3/2,9/4,9/4,7/2,49/2,49/4,4/3,16/9,16/9,8/3,?
37) 2,6,5,14,11,26,17,?
38) 6,18,21,8,11,33,2,6,9,5,8,24,7,21,?
39) 9,4,16,6,36,21,441,?
40) 7,-35,-34,-3,15,16,4,?
41) 2,7,-35,7,12,-60,5,10,?
42) 1.25,9,22.5,0.75,8.5,22,0.25,8?
43) -12,6,-15,-5,28,-14,9,3,-18,?
44) 7/6,3/2,1,5/6,13/6,5/2
45) 48,24,35,7,16,8,75,1580,40
46) 0,1,2,0.5,2,2,2,2,4,3,2
47) 2,3,10,15,26
48) 3/2, 2 ¼, 2 ¼, 3 ½, 12 ¼, 12 ¼, 1 1/3, 1 7/9, 1 7/9, 2 2/3, ?
49) 13,3,2,8,10,3,4,12,4,8, ?
50) 5,6,6,5,6.5,8,7,9.5, ?
51) 3,11,31,69...
52) 4,2,36,4,5,1,36,16,6,3,81,? 
53) 7,6,5,4,6,5,9,? 
54) 3,12,29,? 
55) 3,8,12,48,29?
56) 1,1/2,3/2,2,5,1/3,16/3,15,12,1/4,49/4,7,...?
57) 56,89,33,21,57,88,35,19,60,85,30,...?
58) 1/2,5/4,2,11/4,7/2,..?
59) 0.5,1.25,2,2.75,3.5,.?
60) 5,50,10,40,15,30,20,20,...?
61) 11,17,-6,-13,24,30,-19,-26,20,...?
62) 38,36,76,35,114,34,..?
63) 18,6,24,4,30,10,12,2,6,...?
64) 1.25,3.71,1.50,1,8.1,1.75,-1,9.1,2.00,...?
65) 9,3,6,21,9,12,33,15,18,45,21,24,...?
66) 12,3,15,14,6,19,16,9,23,18,12,...
67) -15,-14,34,32,42,39,58,54,61
68) 8,5,9,7,2,25,51,16,8,6,...
69) 13,21,32,49,78,131,...
70) 507,169,248,62,36,12,168,42,168,....
If you solve these questions, no need to search for other series questions... You can easily rock your exam.
Quantitative:
They were mainly concentrate on following topics. They are,
a)Time and distance.
b)Time and work.
c)Profit and loss.
4)Percentages.
5)Ratio and Proportion and 
6)Ages.
Some of them are:
1). In a bank 60 percent employees are men.80%men and 20%women belong to retirement plan. what percent of people belong to retirement plan? 
ans) If total employees=x, Number of Men=0.6x, Women=0.4xMen for retirement plan=0.6x(80/100)=0.48xWomen for retirement plam=0.4x(20/100)=0.08x% of people belonging to retirement plan=100*(0.48x+0.08x)/x=56
2). the dimensions of a certain machine are 48*32*52,if the size of the machine is increased proportionally until sum of dimensions equals 156.
ans) is 56*40*60because 156-132=24/3=848+8*32+8*52+8
3).A can do a work in 6 days , B can do a work in 8 days and C can do it in 12 days. B left work after 6 days. For how many number of days should A and C should work together to complete the remaining work ?ans) A complete work in 6 daysB complete work in 8daysC complete work in 12 days B's 1 day work=1/86 day's work=6/8remaining work=1-6/8=2/8=1/4A+C 1 day work together = 1/6+1/12=1/4so A and C work 1 day to complete remaining workans. 1 day 
4). A sphere is cut into 4 identical pieces after it was painted. What is the ratio of the painted area to the unpainted area?
ans) after cutting into four pieces we have each piece having two semicircular planes perpendicular to each other giving(unpainted)surfacearea of pi*r^2..hence ratio is 1:1
5). A letter has to be printed 100 lines with 80 character, if 40 character per line printed how many lines it takeans) Total characters to be printed=80*100=8000
if 40 characters printed in 1 linetherefore to print 8000 characters we need=1/40 *8000=200 lines 
They have informed the result on same day within 20 mins, and I was selected for the first round. Out of 3000(around) people 500(around) were selected in first round. Then they were conducted second round also same day immediately.

Round: Test
Experience: Round 2: Business English Communication Skills

There they were concentrated on Punctuation, correct usage of words from following passage, and error detection and so on... 
1) Can we use "Hi"(salutation), in Business letters or emails yes/no
2) Enclosures 
3) meaning 3 attachments are there in addition to the letter. true or false?
Q. What does sexist language means?
(A)Language indicating towards woman
(B)Information conveyed as being a male
(C)language indicating difference between man and woman
3) how to end business letter
- regards
- sincerely
- respectfully
- a & c
4) Which is in the correct sense??
(A)This child, who was misdiagnosed, thrive by spirit.
(B)This child, who was misdiagnosed, thrives by spirit.
(C)This child, who was misdiagnosed, thrived by spirit.
5) Ranny was with sally n me.
Ranny was with sally n I.
Ranny was with me n Sally. 
6) It is a breach of etiquette to have documents signed by administrative assistant on behalf of administrative officer . (T/F)
7) Which of the following will you choose for a short notice to change the lunch hours?
1)Specific details
2)Context and problem
3)Regarding lunch hours
4)All the above
8) kelly is a good babysitter. Qualified, professional and fun
1) dangling modifer
2) run on sentence
3) a sentence fragment
9) Is it necessary to include a table of contents regardless of the size of the document. true or false?
10)Name is Roger Smith, who is also the president. What is the proper salutation?
-Dear Mr. Roger Smith,
-Dear Mr. Roger:
-Dear Mr. Smith:
-Dear President Smith:
11) The coachy my best friend play with me everyday. Write the sentence using comma at appropriate position
12) In formal letter for better understanding
1. Repeat ideas with picture and all
2. repeat important ideas
3. Refrain from repeating ideas
4. One and two
13) In formal email personal introduction should be done.
1. After the body of letter
2. Within body of letter
3. At the start of body of letter 
14) The question below consists of a pair of related words followed by four pair of words. Select the pair that best express the relation in the original pair: Deprecate: Credit 
Option
a. enhance: disparage
b. bait: heckle
c. unfair: biased
d. discourage: force
15) Convert into passive/active voice.
1. They objected to my proposal
2. People believe him to be innocent
3. The invigilator was reading out the instructions
16)Convert into direct/ indirect speech.
1. The preacher said, "Honesty is the best policy."
2. I said to my father, "I am coming back after two hours
17) Sign by blue ink is authentic if done by blue ink TRUE or FALSE
18) Which is the correct use of pronoun ??
(a) Each executive
(b) Few Of the executive
(c) One Of the Executive
(d) All Of the above
19) Which is correct?
(a) Dear President Smith;
(b) Dear Mr Smith;
(c) Dear Mr Smith:
20) In formal document prepared for meeting should contain
1. Purpose of document 
2. User exception from the document
3. Brief details n content about document 
4. All of these
21) Correct form of English: 
a) Samuel was with Susan and I
b) Samuel was with Susan and me
c) Samuel was with I and Susan
d) Samuel was with me and Susan
e) None of these
22) Find the active voice sentence below...
1)The car has driven by him
2)He cleaned the car
3)It will be more complex algorithm
23 ) Is that emotions used in formal emails ?? 
True/ false
24) Miss Sheela is dancer. Funny , arrogant and stylish. find type of error
- run out error
- sentence fragment (correct)
25) what to include in business letter
- purpose
- reason of writing
- For whom intended
- all of above
26) Is it possible to not write document content if it exceeds the length?around 90 people were shortlisted for Interview.
Next round will be Interview (Technical+HR) which was basic. 
1) About yourself
2) Projects
3) Willingness to relocate.
4) What you know about ibm?
5) Why you want to work with us?
6) Are you flexible with technology as per project requirement?
7) Do you have any question for me?
Out of 90, 70-80 people were selected. (now I'm an IBM'er)

General Tips: If you qualify for the interview there are 95% chances to be an IBM'er. I sincerely advice the fresher's that,(keep IBM as spare). Getting into the company will take from 3 to 8 months (poor Management). If you doesn't have other opportunities wait for it( IBM won't skip you, but takes much time).All the best to all of you Guys :)
College Name: Dr.B.V.Raju Institute of Technology

Round: Test
Experience: This round consists of two sections, one is Number series(18 questions) and other is general aptitude(Time and Work, Time and Distance, Profit and loss)(18 questions). Each question has individual time of 2min 15sec .
Second round is Verbal Test. We have to write 22 questions in 20 minutes. Timer is not visible on desktop. we have to maintain time to attempt all the questions.All the Questions are about email writing(objective only).
Tips: This round is difficult without knowing about the rules to write an email. They are repeated
Practicing previous bits of IBM is sufficient to clear this round.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: As I am an M.Tech(VLSI Design) student. Interviewer did not ask me technical questions on c,java,etc. Only he test my communication.
I left from the pannel.
Later on Results announced. I got selected.
One of the more happy moments of my life.

Skills: communication
College Name: NBKRIST