IBM·Software Engineer

IBM Software Engineer interview experience

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PunePosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with an online assessment, then moved into interviews that were more collaborative and resume-driven than anything with live coding.

After the OA, I met with the hiring manager for a round that included basic resume grilling plus a brain teaser about marble balancing. There wasn’t any coding, but they still pushed me to think on the spot and explain my reasoning.

For the next stage, I joined a panel discussion where the focus shifted toward deeper resume walkthroughs and a heavy emphasis on AI. I had to connect my experience directly to what they were building and justify decisions from past work, and the overall session felt like brainstorming rather than a checklist of coding tasks. By the end, I felt like the

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