IBM Interview Experience ( On Campus )

 Hi Readers, I attended the IBM Reference interview at Engineering College on 23, 24 June 2019. This is the recent pattern that they follow.

About IBM : 

International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries.

My Experience : 

The whole Recruitment process had four rounds.

Round 1 - Written Test

Round 2 - GD

Round 3 - Tech Interview

Round 4 - HR Interview

On 23rd by 10:00 hours all the officials arrived at the college and they initially screened all my documents and they allowed rooms for taking the written test.

Round 1: Written Test.

It had three Sections,

Section1: Data Matrices.

It had 15 questions and the allowed time was 12 minutes (No negative marking) 

Section 2: Number series

It had 20 questions and the allotted time was 4 minutes (Negative marking is 1/4)   

Section 3: Quantitative

It had 12 questions and the allotted time was 15 minutes (Negative marking is 1/4)

Guys trust me all these were easy.

while doing data matrices sums you need to concentrate on the questions and it will be easier and regarding number series, you need to practice more sums before taking the test and if you solve maximum problems in both two sections you can solve at least 3 or 4 sums in next quants section to clear Round 1. There will be problems based on percentages, fractions, time, work, distance in the quantitative section.

And the results for the written test were announced at around 16:00 hours.

Round 2: GD.

Next, they split the shortlisted candidates into groups of 15 each. I entered the GD hall by 16:30 and there were 15 in my group they gave "Is Indian Media misusing its freedom" as the topic to our group they asked to give a short introduction about us before the GD and we had 20 mins of serious discussion on the topic. Finally, they selected 9 from my group. All they expect from GD is, we need to speak something on that topic either supporting or opposing the title and our English fluency. I was selected and asked to come to interview on the next day by 10:00 hours.

Round 3: Technical Interview.

Resume plays an important role in this round. Whatever you put in your resume will be reflected as questions. So carefully add the details.

I entered into the interview panel by 11:05 hours and I wished him and he asked me to 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 stuff 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 11:45 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 95 in this round. Guys prepare for 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 4: HR interview.

I had this interview for 20 mins. He just asked me about IBM and why IBM? I answered it clearly and confidentially 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 him some questions. So I asked when are 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 95 they selected 70. 

Be confident guys. See you all in IBM.