SRE Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SRE Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IBM overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IBM as a SRE Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Background check: 25%
Presentation: 25%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (San Francisco, Heredia) in Jul 2025
Interview
The process started with a coding assessment focused on algorithms and problem-solving using Python. Later, I was invited to a technical interview where we discussed cloud infrastructure, reliability, and scalability. The interviewers were professional and the experience felt structured and fair.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Cloud architecting techniques and reliability strategies.
Todo bien, algo simple y bastante directo al grano, conversación ágil y demás información, al final se ve mas en el día a día del trabajo donde entiendes mejor de que ira tu proyecto, colegas y tareas generales.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Experiencia previa y algo de detalle de tareas y demas.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Nov 2025
Interview
They asked me about Computer Networks and some questions on my projects and also an easy coding questions in whichever the language I want,
In Networks, he asked me the TCP/ISO layers and also the one question- if click www.google.com with which layer does it interact??