IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Chicago, ILPosted Sep 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with an online, camera-and-mic style recording assessment.

It came as a set of multiple prompts tied to my experiences, and the process felt high-pressure because I only got a single attempt and very little prep time per question. I had to think quickly about what I’d done before while staying coherent under the time constraint, and it didn’t feel like a typical coding vibe at all.

Later, I ran into a similar recording-style component again, also preceded by an OA step. The OA had a mix of a straightforward leetcode-style prompt and a task where I had to work with files—finding and fixing an error. After that, the recording portion focused on

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