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IBM Interview Questions, Process, and Tips for Freshers

Updated 12 Mar 2025

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Round 1: aptitude test (virtual)
Round 2: coding test (virtual)
Round 3: GD (virtual)
Round 4: technical + hr interview (in person)

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Self introduction
Project detailed explanation
Your role in peoject

Sql:
Primary key
DDL, DML, DCL
Joins
SDCL: stages
Why do we use it
Java:
Is Java pure obj oriented, why ?
equals(), == difference
Serialization
Java platform dependent or not, why?
Write fibonacci code in Java and python

HR questions:
What would you do when you face sudden situations, give me an example of how you faced it
Which subject is tough to you. How did you deal with it
How do you go through problems in life
If you face something you can't understand in technology, what would you do

Top IBM Associate Systems Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Given string/sentence need to be reversed and the vowels need to be replaced with numbers from 1-9.In the reversed string replaced numbers should appear in descending order from left to right .If there are more than 9 vowels , numbering sho... read more
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Q1. Given string/sentence need to be reversed and the vowels need to be replaced with numbers from 1-9.In the reversed string replaced numbers should appear in descending order from left to right .If there are more than 9 vowels , numbering sho... read more
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Test Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Md Faisal

posted on 13 Jul 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Cr are ad terf
  • Q2. Fade fsg DSA algo

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Work hard

Test Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 1. What is the frame work u have worked and explain the framework with folder structure? 2. purely based on testing, different testing types like functional and non functional tests 3. real time scenarios like last min bugs before release? ... read more
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Intern Interview Questions & Answers

user image Chirag Arora

posted on 17 Apr 2024

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

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Easy test , limited question around 20-25, dsa,db and os

Round 2 - Case Study 

Given a project for automated music composition

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn basic algorithms

Intern Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Case. There is a housing society “The wasteful society”, you collect all the household garbage and sell it to 5 different businesses. Determine what price you will pay to the society members in Rs/kg, given you want to make a profit of 20% ... read more
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Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview in Jan 2024.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. OOPS Concept Interface Inheritance Method Overloading Hashmap, Hashtable Agile methodology Bug cycle Defect management tool Different types of Xpath How to generate report in selenium

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Q1. 1)Diffrence Between sanity and Smoke 2)What is regression Testing 3)how many test cases you execute per day 4)Tell me the diffrent Types of waits 5)When we use Implicite and Explicite wait 6)How many times you can use implicite wait in your... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Jun 2023. There were 4 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 - Coding Test 

The test was conducted on Hackerrank platform. It had 2 sections. First section had 6 coding questions. Second section had 10 McQs that checked our CS fundamentals. Overall the difficulty level was moderate to hard level.

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1. Few questions on the projects like the purpose and tech stack. 2. Process concepts. 3. Segmentation and fragmentation. 4. Delete elements from linked list 5. Bit manipulation 6. little endian to big end...
Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic questions related to family and hobbies
  • Q2. Question from Resume based on skills and tools mentioned in it

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for IBM Softwaretest Engineer interview:
  • Array
  • Linked list
  • OS
  • bit manipulation
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be thorough in your fundamentals and confident enough while answering.

Top IBM Softwaretest Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. what are waits in selenium you use in your project
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Q1. What is boundary value analysis? How do u perform boundary value testing for User ID & Password textfields in login page?
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Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 20 Jun 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What do u know about KYC?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - good

Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. N-th Fibonacci Number Problem Statement Given an integer ‘N’, your task is to find and return the N’th Fibonacci number using matrix exponentiation. Since the answer can be very large, return the answer modulo 10^9 + 7. Formula: F(n) = F(n-... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked various ai related basic questions, algorithms and basics of python.

Artificial Intelligence Intern Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Which AI field you are interested?
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Intern Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 12 Jun 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Fair and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

The questions are easy

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Asked about testing and stuff
  • Q2. Some basic coding programs
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. General questions
  • Q2. About projects and explain them

Intern Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Case. There is a housing society “The wasteful society”, you collect all the household garbage and sell it to 5 different businesses. Determine what price you will pay to the society members in Rs/kg, given you want to make a profit of 20% ... 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 Campus Placement and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic to moderate level ques are asked

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

Group of 5 with 10 people each was created

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and upto date with Current affairs

Junior Accountant and Assistant Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Do you know about GST filling and TDS return?
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

I did good performance in test

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Exception salary
  • Q2. About my self details

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn, practice and do your best and believe yourself

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. Minimum Cost to Connect All Points Problem Statement Given an array COORDINATES representing the integer coordinates of some points on a 2D plane, determine the minimum cost required to connect all points. The cost to connect two points, (x... read more
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IBM Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in IBM interview for freshers?
IBM interview process for freshers usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the IBM interview process for freshers are Technical, Resume Shortlist and HR.
How to prepare for IBM interview for freshers?
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 Expense Management, Finance, Fixed Assets, Accounting and Accounts Payable.
What are the top questions asked in IBM interview for freshers?

Some of the top questions asked at the IBM interview for freshers -

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  3. What is design thinking, have you ever communicated with developers, what do yo...read more
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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