Tuesday, 28 July 2015

About IBM And Its Selections Procedure


IBM is a US technology company with its headquarters in New York. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and provides infrastructure and consulting services in a range of areas. It is nicknamed Big Blue due to the common use of blue in its products, packaging, and logo. Fortune  ranks IBM the 2nd largest U.S. firm in terms of staff strength (435,000) and the 4th largest in terms of market capitalization.

IBM employees have garnered five Nobel Prizes and many other prestigious honours, including the most US patents in 20 years consecutively. Some notable IBM inventions are the automated teller machine (ATM), the floppy disk, the hard disk drive and Watson artificial intelligence. programmes. Working at IBM offers vast exposure to new technologies and a work environment driven by intellect, innovation and values.


The IBM selection process uses the GATE exam scores or its own IBM placement papers as a basic filter to shortlist candidates for its Technical and HR Interviews.

IBM Test

The 120 minute-long IBM selection test features 90 questions - 25 questions on Verbal Ability, 35 questions on Aptitude Ability & Logical Ability and 30 questions on Technical Knowledge. Each part of the test has its own time limit and no going forward or back is allowed.
The part on Verbal Ability contains reading comprehension passages, fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, paragraph completion, grammatical errors, sentence ordering etc. The time allowed for this part is 25 minutes.

The Quantitative Ability & Logical Ability part features topics like algebra, time and work, arithmetic, percentages, probability, permutation & combination, profit and loss etc. The difficulty level here is moderate. One needs to work fast as this part has to be finished in 35 minutes only.
The IBM test Technical Par focuses on Data structures, OS concepts, DBMS & CODD fundamentals, Big O notations, etc. This part requires thorough preparation and conceptual clarity. The time allowed here is half an hour. 


The test levies a negative marking @ 0.25 for each wrong attempt. Therefore, one needs to be careful while making guesses here. 

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