IBM

Hardware Engineer Interview Experience

February 15, 2014

Neutral ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Phone interview, mainly on my resume, past projects, and courses taken in college.

There were several questions on FIFOs, clock distribution networks, and computer architecture.

Make sure you are familiar with VLSI basics, transistors, and even photonics.

There were also some questions on Verilog coding and general questions on scripting languages.

Questions

You toss a fair coin repeatedly until you get 4 consecutive heads.

What is the expected number of coin tosses?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the IBM Hardware Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

67%

Pass Rate

IBM's interview process for their Hardware Engineer roles in the United States is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive58%

Neutral33%

Negative8%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for IBM's Hardware Engineer interview process in United States.

IBM Work Experiences

Challenging Work, No Raise

Hardware Engineer • Current Employee

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

Pros: The work is challenging, and I happen to love the technical work.

Cons: No raise, no promotion, below market salary.

Challenging Work, No Raise

Hardware Engineer • Current Employee

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

Pros: The work is challenging, and I happen to love the technical work.

Cons: No raise, no promotion, below market salary.

Good Balance, Stalled Growth

Hardware Engineer • Current Employee

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Pros: Work-life balance Friendly managers and upper-level management Good career growth

Cons: Big company. No place to enhance skills, as the upper management does all the stuff.

Good Balance, Stalled Growth

Hardware Engineer • Current Employee

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Pros: Work-life balance Friendly managers and upper-level management Good career growth

Cons: Big company. No place to enhance skills, as the upper management does all the stuff.

Good company, but the hardware group is not the place to be. It seems that they want to be a service or software company

Hardware Engineer • Former Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Flexible schedule. Management does not micromanage (this may depend on the manager). Good 401K matching, except that they now give it at the end of the year. You lose it if you leave or are let go before the end of the year. Lots of smart people.

Cons: Salary is below what the market pays. Raises and bonuses are very low. People have low morale.

Good company, but the hardware group is not the place to be. It seems that they want to be a service or software company

Hardware Engineer • Former Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Flexible schedule. Management does not micromanage (this may depend on the manager). Good 401K matching, except that they now give it at the end of the year. You lose it if you leave or are let go before the end of the year. Lots of smart people.

Cons: Salary is below what the market pays. Raises and bonuses are very low. People have low morale.

Challenging Work, No Raise

Hardware Engineer • Current Employee

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

Pros: The work is challenging, and I happen to love the technical work.

Cons: No raise, no promotion, below market salary.

2.0
Challenging Work, No Raise
Hardware Engineer • Current Employee
Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
July 19, 2014
Pros: The work is challenging, and I happen to love the technical work.
Cons: No raise, no promotion, below market salary.

Good Balance, Stalled Growth

Hardware Engineer • Current Employee

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Pros: Work-life balance Friendly managers and upper-level management Good career growth

Cons: Big company. No place to enhance skills, as the upper management does all the stuff.

3.0
Good Balance, Stalled Growth
Hardware Engineer • Current Employee
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
April 7, 2014
Pros: Work-life balance Friendly managers and upper-level management Good career growth
Cons: Big company. No place to enhance skills, as the upper management does all the stuff.

Good company, but the hardware group is not the place to be. It seems that they want to be a service or software company

Hardware Engineer • Former Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Flexible schedule. Management does not micromanage (this may depend on the manager). Good 401K matching, except that they now give it at the end of the year. You lose it if you leave or are let go before the end of the year. Lots of smart people.

Cons: Salary is below what the market pays. Raises and bonuses are very low. People have low morale.

3.0
Good company, but the hardware group is not the place to be. It seems that they want to be a service or software company
Hardware Engineer • Former Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
June 20, 2013
Pros: Flexible schedule. Management does not micromanage (this may depend on the manager). Good 401K matching, except that they now give it at the end of the year. You lose it if you leave or are let go before the end of the year. Lots of smart people.
Cons: Salary is below what the market pays. Raises and bonuses are very low. People have low morale.

IBM Interview Questions

Integer to Roman

Convert a given integer into its Roman numeral representation. You need to understand the mapping between integer values and Roman symbols to perform the conversion accurately.

ArraysStringsGreedy Algorithms

Exclusive Time of Functions

Calculate the exclusive execution time for each function given a series of log entries marking function calls and returns. The exclusive time is the time spent within a function, not including time spent in its callees.

Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

You're given daily stock prices. Find the maximum profit you can make by buying and selling the stock once. You must buy before you sell.

ArraysDynamic Programming

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