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IBM Research Interview Questions, Process, and Tips for Freshers
Updated
22 Mar 2025
Top IBM Research Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers
- Q1. General intent in life and lurure plans if anyasked in Software Engineer interview
- Q2. What are your field preferences in CS?asked in Research Intern interview
- Q3. What is watson ibmasked in Intern interview
IBM Research Interview Experiences for Freshers
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Round 1 - Resume Shortlist
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Round 2 - Technical
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- Q1. Oops questions and java
- Q2. Oops answers is answe
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Round 3 - Technical
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- Q1. What is watson ibm
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Watson IBM is an artificial intelligence system developed by IBM that uses natural language processing and machine learning to analyze and interpret data.
AI system developed by IBM
Uses natural language processing
Utilizes machine learning to analyze and interpret data
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Deepshikha Dwivedi
I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in May 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.
Interview Questionnaire
1 Question
- Q1. Basics of Core java and project related questions
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Interview Preparation Tips
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident
Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies
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I applied via Campus Placement
Interview Questionnaire
1 Question
- Q1. What are your field preferences in CS?
- Ans.
I am interested in various fields of computer science.
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Natural Language Processing
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Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had lots of machine learning experience, it helped.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Pretty simple, just described what I liked and why I liked it. Was a good match with the things IBM Research works on.
General Tips: None
Skills: Computer Science, Basics Of Computer Science, Enthusiasm, Machine Learning, Basics Of Machine Learning, Confidence
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Pretty good research work + implementation + publishing research papers.
Experience: I had lots of machine learning experience, it helped.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Pretty simple, just described what I liked and why I liked it. Was a good match with the things IBM Research works on.
General Tips: None
Skills: Computer Science, Basics Of Computer Science, Enthusiasm, Machine Learning, Basics Of Machine Learning, Confidence
Duration: 2
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Pretty good research work + implementation + publishing research papers.
Research Intern Interview Questions asked at other Companies
Q1. Minimum no of steps needed to find the value of a nth order polynomial by making calls to a function that can compute the value of a 1st order polynomial( ax+b ). What is the answer if we can do parallel processing which allows us to call t...
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Interview Questionnaire
6 Questions
- Q1. Questions on projects/internships
- Q2. A modelling problem
- Q3. A DSA problem
- Q4. Explaining your B.Te·ch I intern project
- Ans.
Developed a web application for online shopping
Used HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP for front-end and back-end development
Implemented a user authentication system with secure password storage
Integrated payment gateway for online transactions
Designed a responsive and user-friendly interface
Tested and debugged the application for optimal performance
- Q5. Explaining other projects
- Ans.
I have worked on various projects including web development, mobile app development, and data analysis.
Developed a web application using React and Node.js for a client in the healthcare industry.
Created a mobile app using Flutter for a startup in the travel industry.
Analyzed data using Python and SQL to provide insights for a retail company.
Collaborated with a team to build a chatbot using Dialogflow for a financial se
- Q6. General intent in life and lurure plans if any
- Ans.
My general intent in life is to continuously learn and grow while making a positive impact on the world. As for my future plans, I hope to advance my career in software engineering and eventually start my own company.
Continuous learning and personal growth
Making a positive impact on the world
Advancing my career in software engineering
Starting my own company
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Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume shortlisting
Experience: I had sent my resume to the hiring group. Selection was through telephonic interviews. I was interviewed by three different research groups.
Round: Interview
Experience: Almost by default they ask about your previous projects/internships if they are relevant to the group. Ofher questions depend on the group you are interviewed by and your own profile. In my case it was machine learning, text mining etc. I was told about the research problem they were dealing with then and asked for comments/suggestions/inputs and a discussion followed,
Tips: Good to have sound knowledge of your domain (analytical and application skills arevery much required).
Skill Tips: ""Good CGPA(>9)is necessary and a recommendation from the professor is also a good add on.""
Skills: Domain work in Internship
College Name: IIT Madras
Experience: I had sent my resume to the hiring group. Selection was through telephonic interviews. I was interviewed by three different research groups.
Round: Interview
Experience: Almost by default they ask about your previous projects/internships if they are relevant to the group. Ofher questions depend on the group you are interviewed by and your own profile. In my case it was machine learning, text mining etc. I was told about the research problem they were dealing with then and asked for comments/suggestions/inputs and a discussion followed,
Tips: Good to have sound knowledge of your domain (analytical and application skills arevery much required).
Skill Tips: ""Good CGPA(>9)is necessary and a recommendation from the professor is also a good add on.""
Skills: Domain work in Internship
College Name: IIT Madras
Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies
Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person...
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Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Test
Experience: Basic Math is tested. Selected students are called for an interview. CG cutoff was 9.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Since it is a research profile, they will ask you to talk about your areas of interest and specifically, what work you have done in those areas.
General Tips: The work entails research related to practical applications. They give out just one offer every year. They do usually have a waitlist though. In case the person who is made the offer rejects it, the next guy is given an offer.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Experience: Basic Math is tested. Selected students are called for an interview. CG cutoff was 9.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Since it is a research profile, they will ask you to talk about your areas of interest and specifically, what work you have done in those areas.
General Tips: The work entails research related to practical applications. They give out just one offer every year. They do usually have a waitlist though. In case the person who is made the offer rejects it, the next guy is given an offer.
College Name: IIT MADRAS
Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies
Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person...
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Divyanshu Bhartiya
Interview Questionnaire
2 Questions
- Q1. NLP : pattern matching in large corpus
- Ans.
Pattern matching in large corpus using NLP
Use natural language processing techniques to identify patterns in a large corpus
Apply techniques like tokenization, part-of-speech tagging, and named entity recognition
Utilize regular expressions or rule-based matching to identify specific patterns
Consider using machine learning algorithms like sequence labeling or clustering
Examples: finding email addresses, detecting dates,
- Q2. Simple puzzle on vertices rearrangement on a graph
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Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The question was a little bizarre , and was open ended. The interviewers were able to provide corner cases and counter examples for my solutions, but they too couldn't lead towards the write solution. In the end they asked me to think over it. They asked me more basic questions on NLP as it was my research interest, but I was able to answer them.
Tips: Know what you know and what you don't know. Keep talking to the interviewer and follow the aloud thinking process. Keep the interviewer in the loop with you.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: He asked me to do a simple puzzle on his mobile where i have to rearrange vertices of a graph to follow some condition. I didn't know the solution but i kept trying, trying to solve one case after another. Turned out, wasn't that difficult.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: Five students were shortlisted for this, 3 questions were given for it. We had to solve them and discuss our solutions later with the interviewers. The questions weren't difficult, it was just how you told them their solutions and how you answered their counter arguments .
Skill Tips: Read your resume thoroughly and go through your research interests carefully.
Skills: Programming, Research Interests, Resume reading
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I always wanted to work for a research lab , as development companies didn't attract me. So i was focusing for IBM IRL , Xerox and Samsung R&D. Luckily I got IBM.
Experience: The question was a little bizarre , and was open ended. The interviewers were able to provide corner cases and counter examples for my solutions, but they too couldn't lead towards the write solution. In the end they asked me to think over it. They asked me more basic questions on NLP as it was my research interest, but I was able to answer them.
Tips: Know what you know and what you don't know. Keep talking to the interviewer and follow the aloud thinking process. Keep the interviewer in the loop with you.
Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: He asked me to do a simple puzzle on his mobile where i have to rearrange vertices of a graph to follow some condition. I didn't know the solution but i kept trying, trying to solve one case after another. Turned out, wasn't that difficult.
Round: Group Activity
Experience: Five students were shortlisted for this, 3 questions were given for it. We had to solve them and discuss our solutions later with the interviewers. The questions weren't difficult, it was just how you told them their solutions and how you answered their counter arguments .
Skill Tips: Read your resume thoroughly and go through your research interests carefully.
Skills: Programming, Research Interests, Resume reading
College Name: IIT KANPUR
Motivation: I always wanted to work for a research lab , as development companies didn't attract me. So i was focusing for IBM IRL , Xerox and Samsung R&D. Luckily I got IBM.
Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies
Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person...
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I appeared for an interview before May 2016.
Interview Preparation Tips
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: They had opened a portal for submitting resumes sometime in November-December. I submitted mine and waited for around 2-3 months till I finally got a call for interview in February.
Tips: Make sure your research projects are well highlighted in your resume.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: General algorithmic coding questions followed by a discussion of my resume. From the discussion I got a sense that they had segregated the candidates for specific projects and the questions were asked about the skills required for the project. However, this wasn't very rigid as my project was changed once I was selected for the internship since my profile was better suited to a different project.
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
Experience: They had opened a portal for submitting resumes sometime in November-December. I submitted mine and waited for around 2-3 months till I finally got a call for interview in February.
Tips: Make sure your research projects are well highlighted in your resume.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: General algorithmic coding questions followed by a discussion of my resume. From the discussion I got a sense that they had segregated the candidates for specific projects and the questions were asked about the skills required for the project. However, this wasn't very rigid as my project was changed once I was selected for the internship since my profile was better suited to a different project.
College Name: IIT Kharagpur
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% ...
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I appeared for an interview before Nov 2020.
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- Q1. Simple and Easy questions on OOPS, static variable, Prioriry queue,
- Q2. Design question,
- Q3. Binary Search
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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Easy you can crack this shit easily
I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Sep 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.
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- Q1. IOS Basics , iPhone programming
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Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - When you tried a lot to get good company if you have no option then go for it ,Make this to last of your joining preferences.You will be deadlocked in the bond think twice before Join.
I appeared for an interview in Sep 2017.
Interview Questionnaire
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- Q1. Technical interview take by client technical person actually they are hiring for another client so they took total 3 technical round and final will HR round
- Q2. Asking about life cycle of Dot net mvc contols entity frame work and SQL queries
- Q3. Problem based on oops and SQL queries outputs
- Q4. Basic questions about my self ,salary discussion basic formalities form I have to fill up
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Round: Test
Experience: There were around 15 objective question that includes mvc, c#.net and SQL server. It was very simple question like different types of filters,Acton results in mvc. Basic oops concept and dot net web page regarding
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: After completing test round another was technical round discussed maily for mvc and SQL server questions. Around 30 mint discussion. After qualify this round another round will start from client technical staff.
General Tips: It was for 2-3 year experience person very simple to crack but focus on you which profile you are looking for study interview questions from net
Skills: Dot net mve oops concept jQuery and SQL server
Experience: There were around 15 objective question that includes mvc, c#.net and SQL server. It was very simple question like different types of filters,Acton results in mvc. Basic oops concept and dot net web page regarding
Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: After completing test round another was technical round discussed maily for mvc and SQL server questions. Around 30 mint discussion. After qualify this round another round will start from client technical staff.
General Tips: It was for 2-3 year experience person very simple to crack but focus on you which profile you are looking for study interview questions from net
Skills: Dot net mve oops concept jQuery and SQL server
IBM Research Interview FAQs
How many rounds are there in IBM Research interview for freshers?
IBM Research interview process for freshers usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the IBM Research interview process for freshers are Technical and Resume Shortlist.
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How long is the IBM Research interview process?
The duration of IBM Research interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.
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