IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

Calabasas, CAPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience was frustrating because a big part of the process felt automated and disconnected from any real person.

I went through technical tests that built on top of technical tests, but I never actually got to speak with an interviewer. After the assessments, I waited a long time and only received a rejection email months later, delivered through an AI agent using what felt like a prewritten script.

Even the earlier coding stage had its own awkward vibe: I did an AI-driven online language assessment first, then moved to an offline coding round where I got a string-manipulation type question with 45 minutes to complete it. The timing felt short for how lengthy the question was, and then the rest of the

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