IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Positive

BengaluruPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a set of rounds that felt fairly smooth and “regular” in how they flowed.

I started with conversations that leaned into my background and the projects I’d worked on, and then the technical portion checked core computer science fundamentals more than obscure trivia. I remember the interviewers being friendly and keeping the tone comfortable, and they focused on DSA and general fundamentals like operating systems, OOP, and DBMS.

As the interview moved forward, there were also questions that connected to coding logic and practical debugging—paired with topics like Spring Boot, database and deployment, plus testing and real-world scenarios tied to what I’d done. The

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