IBM Software Engineer interview experience

It started with an online assessment right after I applied—two coding questions tied to job scheduling, without multiple-choice questions. I didn’t clear that assessment, so the rest of the steps never fully played out for me.

For candidates who did pass, the next steps were described as a group discussion followed by a technical interview, and they were looking for strong projects and some GenAI knowledge. Since I didn’t make it past the initial coding stage, I never got to that later part.

The process itself felt short and direct. I didn’t receive an offer, and the main takeaway I had was