Sales Specialist 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Specialist roles take an average of 30 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 Sales Specialist according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Mumbai) in Oct 2014
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international business marketing is the very big company.. its my first company...I am ready for interview.
good English communication and soft kill. I whould like to inform to you that I m hard working/.....every work I m taking serious
Multi-step interview process. 2nd interview was a roleplay presentation. Hiring was placed on hold after my 3rd interview. Final interview with a sales VP where he was unprepared and asked some questions over and over. A lot of things about the role seemed unknown.
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How do you go about prospecting and building your territory?
Slow interview process, not much feedback during waiting period between interviews. Lots of prep is needed for these interviews. I had to follow-up with the person managing my application a few times to get updates on when I would hear back from them.
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they asked me to do a stand and deliver (pitch), mine was approx 5-10 minutes and I had to decide on a specific IBM product I wanted to pitch.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IBM (Riyadh) in Jun 2024
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Online cognitive and behavior assessment. Questions around your views and general tendencies around work based behaviors. Sliding scale of answers with no right or wrong answers. 60 mins to complete assessment.
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General behavior questions to do with your instincts or work tendencies.