IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

BengaluruPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with an HR screening and then moved into a technical interview that leaned heavily toward automation testing and related fundamentals.

I talked through my experience with automation testing and covered concepts like C# and Python, plus Selenium and BDD concepts. The technical portion also included plenty of project discussion.

The final round was with a hiring manager and focused on problem-solving and communication, plus whether I seemed like a good fit for the role overall. Difficulty-wise it felt average, but the emphasis on testing tooling and methodology made the interview more applied than just generic coding.

I didn’t receive an offer. Still, I left with a clear sense of how they evaluated: they wanted both

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