IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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Easy

Negative

Newark, NJPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process included a final round that ended up being surprisingly tricky even though earlier parts felt manageable.

At the end, I met with a manager and the questioning shifted into “gotcha” territory—syntactic details became the main focus, and it felt like the conversation narrowed fast compared to what I expected.

Before that final manager-style round, there was a different interview setup that tested communication more than coding. I went through a mock sales pitch where I had to present on a topic the interviewer chose, and I also got asked some DSA questions along with behavioral prompts. After a recorded-style step, I continued through to the in-person or live interview rounds.

Difficulty-wise,

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