IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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

My interview journey moved in a pretty standard sequence.

I started with a coding-focused online assessment, then later had a hiring manager conversation and an onsite-style session that mixed coding exercises with behavioral questions.

In the longer round, the coding section leaned on core problem-solving and software engineering fundamentals rather than anything overly esoteric, and the behavioral part kept coming back to my past experiences and how I handled different situations. I could feel the evaluation trying to connect my answers to real work I’d done, not just buzzwords.

The overall timeline didn’t drag on, but it wasn’t just one quick

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