IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

MelbournePosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying to IBM through the website, I received an online coding assessment hosted on HackerRank.

It included two coding questions I could solve in any language, and I had 60 minutes to complete it. The time pressure felt real, but the structure was straightforward.

When I finished the OA, I was sent a link for an online recorded competency interview. That part was a different kind of challenge—less about writing code and more about how I explained my experience and reasoning on the spot.

The overall difficulty felt average from start to finish. I didn’t receive an offer, but the process felt coherent: code first to validate problem-solving, then a recorded interview to validate

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