IBM Software Engineer interview experience

That round mostly tested how I’d approached project decisions and teamwork, and they also asked about a setback—how I handled it and what I learned. It wasn’t just theoretical; they wanted a clear narrative about my past work and how I thought under constraints.

Later, I moved into additional technical discussion where the recruiter-style screen and the technical portion blended together a bit: I walked through my resume and the technologies I’d listed, going fairly deep on projects and responsibilities. Then I hit a conceptual programming problem where I didn’t have to write code live, but