Technical Lead applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technical Lead roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IBM overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IBM as a Technical Lead according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
Drug test: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Background check: 14%
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Easy interview. Basic core java was asked along with hashmap iteration question.
In springboot also, very basics. Did not ask anything in multi threading.
2 questions based on Eda and kafka.
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM in Nov 2025
Interview
Weird interview process, joined call and the interviewer sat there not responding to what I said then asked question, whilst he gave funny looks to answers I was giving, despite having another interview prior with similar questions that got me the job at that company.
He then pretended what I was saying was wrong when I challenged a false statement he made that was for another role entirely, he ended the interview and smiled all of a sudden after acting strange saying bye.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an example of how you would design a system and integrate it from one separate system into another?
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (New York, NY) in Jul 2025
Interview
It was very smooth, more of a panel interview and a manager specific interview. Want to see technical and culture fit. Technical is more of if you can perform the day to day technical duties and your work ethic