IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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Markham, ONPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for an IBM sub-team that felt more independent from the rest of the company, and the topics matched that niche vibe.

The questions were pretty technical and varied, covering software design patterns and implementation choices, like the MVC pattern.

They drilled into environment and tooling tradeoffs too—Docker versus VM, and even comparisons between Haskell and Python since those were on my resume. I also got asked about how Python vs JavaScript compile, and then moved into more direct fit-style questions like why they should hire me.

The technical part also included REST endpoints and a “why not use GET for user login” type question, plus a git workflow question about stash versus rebase. It felt easy

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