IBM replaced the old three-section written test with something less familiar: cognitive ability games, a learning-agility section, an English test and a coding block. Candidates who prepared only quantitative aptitude are the ones caught out.
4 rounds you can sit here, each gated behind the last, the way the real process gates them.
The 1 stage marked not simulated is part of IBM's real process, but not something a practice platform can honestly reproduce. It is described here so nothing on the day surprises you.
IBM's assessment leans on pattern-finding and English rather than heavy arithmetic. This paper mirrors that balance — series and reasoning weighted up, calculation weighted down.
| Section | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Quantitative | 6 | 6 min |
| Logical Reasoning | 6 | 6 min |
| Verbal Ability | 6 | 6 min |
| Analytical Reasoning | 6 | 6 min |
A set of timed interactive games measuring working memory, attention and pattern recognition. They are played, not answered, and there is no question paper to reproduce — so we flag it rather than fake it. There is no syllabus to revise: sleep properly, and do a few practice rounds on any cognitive-games site so the interface is not new on the day.
| Section | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Memory · attention · patterns | 0 | 25 min |
IBM's coding block is short and tight — several problems on one clock, in the language you choose. Three problems of increasing difficulty, each on its own timer, run against real test cases in a sandbox.
| Section | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Problem 1 — easy | 1 | 5 min |
| Problem 2 — medium | 1 | 7 min |
| Problem 3 — hard | 1 | 10 min |
A spoken round built from your own resume — your projects, your stack, your decisions — with follow-ups based on what you actually say. IBM leans on fundamentals over puzzles: OOP, DBMS, OS basics and simple data structures, tied back to what you built.
| Section | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Project deep-dive | 4 | 10 min |
| CS fundamentals | 4 | 10 min |
The final conversation. Classic HR questions mixed with situational STAR ones — strengths and weaknesses, why IBM, handling pressure, willingness to relocate — scored on clarity, self-awareness and whether you gave a concrete example rather than a rehearsed one.
| Section | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Classic HR | 3 | 8 min |
| Situational / STAR | 3 | 7 min |
The first round is free and takes 24 minutes. You will know your score and your weakest section by the end of it.
Try IBM free · 24 min →Sections are timed separately, so time saved in one does not carry into the next. These are the same splits the simulation runs.
| Section | Questions | Minutes | Per question |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 · Learning Agility & English | |||
| Quantitative | 6 | 6 | 60 seconds |
| Logical Reasoning | 6 | 6 | 60 seconds |
| Verbal Ability | 6 | 6 | 60 seconds |
| Analytical Reasoning | 6 | 6 | 60 seconds |
| Round 3 · Coding Round | |||
| Problem 1 — easy | 1 | 5 | 300 seconds |
| Problem 2 — medium | 1 | 7 | 420 seconds |
| Problem 3 — hard | 1 | 10 | 600 seconds |
| Round 4 · Technical Interview | |||
| Project deep-dive | 4 | 10 | 150 seconds |
| CS fundamentals | 4 | 10 | 150 seconds |
| Round 5 · HR Interview | |||
| Classic HR | 3 | 8 | 160 seconds |
| Situational / STAR | 3 | 7 | 140 seconds |
The topics our question bank draws on for each section of this paper, most-used first. Every attempt serves a different set, so the topics repeat and the questions do not.
number systems, averages, mensuration, ratio and proportion, simple interest, problems on ages, percentages, profit and loss.
number series, ranking, seating arrangement, coding-decoding, clocks, calendars, direction sense, blood relations.
synonyms, antonyms, sentence complete, vocabulary, grammar, sentence correct, spelling, comprehension.
6 questions from the bank this simulation draws on, across the sections IBM actually tests, each with the worked solution — the method, not just the right letter.
4 rounds — Learning Agility & English, Coding Round, Technical Interview and HR Interview. 41 questions, about 81 minutes in total.
Round 1 (Learning Agility & English) is free — no card, no credits. The remaining 3 rounds unlock for Rs 99, down from Rs 199, once, with two attempts at every round.
Round 1 takes 24 minutes over 24 questions; all 4 rounds come to about 81 minutes. Rounds unlock one at a time, so you need not sit them together.
60%. Below that the simulation ends there, as the real process would. You keep the report for the round you sat.
Learning Agility & English, 4 separately timed sections. Quantitative — 6 questions in 6 min; Logical Reasoning — 6 questions in 6 min; Verbal Ability — 6 questions in 6 min; Analytical Reasoning — 6 questions in 6 min.
For Technical Interview and HR Interview, yes — the questions are generated from your own resume, so the projects you list are the projects you are asked about.
Each one runs that company's own hiring pattern, and Round 1 is free on all of them.