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IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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Toronto, ONPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went into an onsite interview where the day started with behavioral questions and then shifted into technical questioning.

After the initial chat, I got coding questions in the language I’d interviewed with, and I also faced SQL questions. The technical side felt like it combined core programming with practical query and problem-solving.

The questions weren’t just abstract either. I was asked about Java and DSA fundamentals, including differences between classes and objects, and I got prompted on reasoning-based topics like how stacks are used, along with other OOP concepts. In the earlier part of the experience, the vibe had also been hands-on with basic programming and database concepts like the difference

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