Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IBM overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IBM as a Data Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Giza) in Apr 2026
Interview
First, the interviewer explained the interview steps. Then, he asked me to introduce myself and talk about what I’m currently doing in my job. After that, he asked me some technical questions and situational questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what's the difference between warehouse and data lake?
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Chicago, IL) in Mar 2026
Interview
They appeared to be extremely uncoordinated internally throughout the process, with scheduling and communication issues every round. A 2nd interviewer didn’t show up to my first round, so that needed to be rescheduled. My last round was actually cancelled and replaced with my getting an offer instead. Business unit was a data service consulting company that got recently acquired by IBM, so probably some chaos from that. The interviewers themself were very friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you ensure governance in systems that you build?
IBM scheduled an interview without asking for my availability, forcing me to miss class in order to attend as I was completely unable to reschedule it. I was also sent no email in the days following the interview to update me on the status of my application. I had to look at the website to see that I was no longer under consideration. Just an overall awful process.
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