IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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BengaluruPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interviews for the software engineering role were built around testing and delivery fundamentals.

After an HR screening, I went into a technical discussion centered on manual testing and automation testing. We also talked about real-time business scenarios and how I approached them in the context of agile methodologies, along with SDLC and STLC concepts.

Project experience came up a lot, too. I explained the final-year project and connected it back to what I’d done in automation and testing, which helped keep the technical questions grounded in my actual work rather than abstract theory.

The process felt average in difficulty, and I didn’t walk away feeling totally blindsided by any

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