IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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CochinPosted Dec 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview flow at IBM included an online HackerRank test, then an offline coding test, and then a technical interview.

The online coding questions included one medium and one easy problem, and the offline step added another layer of practice under a more controlled setup.

In the technical interview, the questions were more tied to my projects, and I also got a puzzle to work through. Overall it felt like they were trying to see how I think, not just whether I can recite topics.

I received an offer, and the experience felt positive. My reflection was that project-based questioning was the part that helped me most—I could point to real work and explain how I approached it, and that made the technical

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