IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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San Jose, CAPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My IBM process was short and pretty manager-led.

First I went through a hiring manager step where they reviewed my resume and experience. Then I moved to a panel with two interviewers.

In that panel round, the mix was practical: they asked a few technical questions spanning SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and C++. After that, there were two coding tasks focused on basic data-handling work—one around strings and one around arrays. The difficulty felt average overall, and it came across like they were checking both breadth across tools and the ability to implement core logic cleanly.

By the end, I felt like I had a fair shot because the questions

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