IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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Positive

PunePosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying online, I got pulled into a HackerRank-style coding assessment with a short set of tasks tied to the job description.

I had a limited window, and I picked the language I was most comfortable with. The questions included array-style problems like removing duplicates and flattening, plus something more function-behavior oriented like debouncing.

After that passed, I moved into live interviews that felt more demanding than the coding screen. One round focused on LeetCode-style problem solving where the difficulty ramped up a bit, and then I had follow-up behavioral and resume-based discussion afterward. The resume part went pretty well overall, but the technical segment pushed me harder than I expected.

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