IBM Interview Procedure

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There are two rounds of interviews, viz., the technical and the HR round.

Technical and Personal Round for Software Candidates Mainly subjective questions in C, Operating Systems, DBMS, Data Structures are asked interspersed with some on the candidate's personal background.

Typical questions in C and Data Structures

1. WAP to interchange 2 variables without using the third one.

2. Explain quick sort and merge sort algorithms amn derive the time-constraint relation for these.

3. Explain binary searching, Fibonacci search.

4. General questions on binary trees, transversals

5.General questions on graphs and their representation.

Typical Questions on Operating Systems

1.Demand paging, page faults, replacement algos, thrashing,etc.

2.Paged segmentation and segment paging.

The written test consists of two sections each of 45 minutes duration.

Section#1

This is the aptitude section consisting of 45 questions to be attempted in 45 minutes. As is in all the exams, this section is based on the MBA pattern of examination.

Section#2

This is the technical section. There is a separate paper for hardware and software. Candidates have to mention beforehand whether they want to write the software or the hardware paper.

This section also carries 45 questions to be completed in 45 minutes.

We are providing you with some of the questions asked in the exam, so that you have an idea of what to expect in the written test.

HR Round for Software Candidates

In this section, case studies are presented are presented before the candidate to perceive his reaction and his/her communication skills are tested. IBM expects teamwork and team spirit from the candidates and their answers should reflect this attitude.

Typical question is:

You are a project manager of a big multinational project. There is a person X, assigned to you who has the best technical skills required for the project, even better than you. But he wishes to be the project manager, which the management does not permit, due to which he threatens to quit. All others in the group are not as competent. Talk you out of this situation pretending that the interviewer is the disgruntled employee and explain the necessary action.