IBM Software Engineer interview experience

After that, I got invited to an offline-style coding round, delivered through HackerRank. The question itself was in the middle difficulty range, and I remember there were about seven or eight test cases, where passing only a few wasn’t enough for a stronger outcome—people who cleared just three or four test cases were the ones most likely to move forward.

Even with the coding focus, the interview didn’t feel like a single high-stakes conversation. It was more like a filter that measured whether I could get enough correctness and efficiency quickly. That structure made the process feel