I was never able to get an offer from IBM. One time, I went onsite directly through an internal referral and got absolutely destroyed by the snobbish interviewer. Second time, I failed the online IQ test so never heard back. Damn, that IQ test felt harder than LC hard because you cannot even prepare. Similar experiences with SAP. I interviewed there 3 times. Questions were about specific technologies in Java, Ruby, etc. as well as behavioral. Behavioral questions were like how do you handle a difficult teammate. I provided answers based on real experiences. I got rejected twice and ghosted once. I used to feel super bad for getting rejected by IBM and SAP. I was dreaming about working there. It is a status symbol in my friend circle from a noname state school. Business administration major girls will swallow if you are from IBM! Where as, after doing 400-500 LC, I can comfortably solve most all LC medium and a fraction of well known LC hard. It is a matter of luck to get offer from which FAANG and hot startups. Does anyone have similar experience? Which interviews are hardest? (Based on real life experience and not trolling.) #ibm #sap #faang
Thanks for the post. You forgot to mention one might pass all other tests and fail the drugs test. Definitely hard!!
In India IBM mostly hires for its services wing, which is pretty easy to get int
Google seems to be my kryptonite. I canโt make it pass the first round. Amazon, I have done 2nd round and a final round (no offers). For PM and PM-T. I hate not getting feedback but such is life.
AFAIK, IQ/logical questions are not a thing in North America, so when I saw that sh*t on IBMโs initial assessment, I immediately closed the browser and never bothered to ever interview with them again.
glad you did. These questions especially the last 20% towards the end are insanely hard.
Whatโs the pay at IBM like?
higher than most noname startups, comparable to big commercial banks, way lower than say microsoft alike
Series C+ generally pays higher than IBM.