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based on 1.8K ratings - Updated Jun 22, 2026

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Software Engineer Interview

Feb 5, 2026

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

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Application

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Guadalajara, Jalisco) in Sep 2022

Interview

- Call from the manager to talk about the team's goals and what they are looking for. - Technical Interview with 2 people. An admin person and a Senior Software Engineer. We talked about my experience and went through Java and Spring Boot technical questions (concepts). - Then they gave me a home assignment to complete in 2 days. After that, I waited for 1 month to hear from them.

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Java core components Spring components DB2 and JDBC

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Software Developer Interview

Feb 5, 2026

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

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I interviewed at IBM (Pune)

Interview

Very smooth. Asked basic dsa questions and a coding question. Hackerrank based test, 3 coding questions with a liberty to choose a language you are comfortable with. Coding questions majorly based on DSA and web scrapping.

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Question 1

Why IBM? And how are you best suited candidate for this job role

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Software Engineer Interview

Feb 5, 2026

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Jan 2026

Interview

There were two technical interviews. The first was on the language basics, and the second round was conducted by the technical manager. This was followed by a local manager round. I cleared all rounds, and even the salary was finalized. But after that, there was no response from the recruiter.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Software engineering best practices, including how you would respond to a scenario.

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