IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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Lowell, MAPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My recruiter and early conversations set the tone for a pretty smooth process.

When I reached the interview, I was mainly asked software fundamentals and OOP concepts—things like inheritance, polymorphism, and abstraction—along with general computer science topics that connected to full-stack and adjacent areas like AI/ML, databases, and APIs.

We also discussed my background on my resume with a few behavioral questions mixed in, and the overall experience felt straightforward. I remember it as a balanced conversation rather than an interrogation, and it gave me the sense that next steps would come quickly.

Another part of the process that matched the same feel was a

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