IBM Software Engineer interview experience

Both rounds were very resume-dependent and felt like deep, in-the-moment question-and-answer sessions rather than generic prompts. I spent a lot of time defending decisions from my past work and explaining how I approached problems.

From there, the technical structure leaned even heavier into depth: I went through three technical rounds followed by a managerial round. The first focused on core technical skills, and the following two were deep-dive discussions covering system design, architecture, and how I solved problems. There was also an explicit component tied to AI concepts and