IBM Systems Engineer interview experience

The first part was a coding assessment that happened on HackerRank, and it included a basic version with the option of a harder one.

After that, the process moved toward a group discussion interview step and then into a coding round that was usually considered easier if I’d practiced standard array and data structure patterns. The overall timeline and the staged format were the main features that made it feel long.

Even when the difficulty varied by step, the coding component was still the heart of it. I didn’t receive an offer, and what I remember most was how drawn out everything felt