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DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer Interview Experience - Canada

December 1, 2020

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Process

I received the game assessment and, after that, a coding test on HackerRank. I completed the coding test successfully. There were three questions in total: two coding questions and one DevOps task. In the DevOps task, I was asked to write a script to create a Puppet file that would output 'hello puppet'.

Questions

2 coding tests and 1 DevOps task (create Puppet file).

1st code: based on array rotation.

2nd code: restructuring array.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the IBM DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer role in Canada.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

IBM's interview process for their DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer roles in Canada is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral50%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for IBM's DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer interview process in Canada.

IBM Work Experiences

Not good anymore

Advisory Software Engineer (Band 8) • Current Employee

November 24, 2025

Pros: No pros left anymore. Used to be good a few years ago.

Cons: Layoffs. It's now India's business machine… a sweatshop.

Not good anymore

Advisory Software Engineer (Band 8) • Current Employee

November 24, 2025

Pros: No pros left anymore. Used to be good a few years ago.

Cons: Layoffs. It's now India's business machine… a sweatshop.

Massive breadth of opportunity, typical bureaucracy issues.

Distinguished Engineer • Current Employee

October 1, 2025

Pros: Ability to work on a huge range of technology, from hardware through consulting and everything in between. Very good company with respect to inclusion. Diversity is a struggle but improving.

Cons: Standard politics associated with a massive company, like many other companies, do not support work-from-home models.

Massive breadth of opportunity, typical bureaucracy issues.

Distinguished Engineer • Current Employee

October 1, 2025

Pros: Ability to work on a huge range of technology, from hardware through consulting and everything in between. Very good company with respect to inclusion. Diversity is a struggle but improving.

Cons: Standard politics associated with a massive company, like many other companies, do not support work-from-home models.

Smart Experts, Slow Advancement

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Pros: Tribal experts that know their stuff.

Cons: Hard to advance up in the organization.

Smart Experts, Slow Advancement

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Pros: Tribal experts that know their stuff.

Cons: Hard to advance up in the organization.

Not good anymore

Advisory Software Engineer (Band 8) • Current Employee

November 24, 2025

Pros: No pros left anymore. Used to be good a few years ago.

Cons: Layoffs. It's now India's business machine… a sweatshop.

1.0
Not good anymore
Advisory Software Engineer (Band 8) • Current Employee
Ottawa, Canada
November 24, 2025
Pros: No pros left anymore. Used to be good a few years ago.
Cons: Layoffs. It's now India's business machine… a sweatshop.

Massive breadth of opportunity, typical bureaucracy issues.

Distinguished Engineer • Current Employee

October 1, 2025

Pros: Ability to work on a huge range of technology, from hardware through consulting and everything in between. Very good company with respect to inclusion. Diversity is a struggle but improving.

Cons: Standard politics associated with a massive company, like many other companies, do not support work-from-home models.

3.0
Massive breadth of opportunity, typical bureaucracy issues.
Distinguished Engineer • Current Employee
Canada, Canada
October 1, 2025
Pros: Ability to work on a huge range of technology, from hardware through consulting and everything in between. Very good company with respect to inclusion. Diversity is a struggle but improving.
Cons: Standard politics associated with a massive company, like many other companies, do not support work-from-home models.

Smart Experts, Slow Advancement

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Pros: Tribal experts that know their stuff.

Cons: Hard to advance up in the organization.

3.0
Smart Experts, Slow Advancement
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
July 14, 2025
Pros: Tribal experts that know their stuff.
Cons: Hard to advance up in the organization.

IBM Interview Questions

Integer to Roman

Convert a given integer into its Roman numeral representation. You need to understand the mapping between integer values and Roman symbols to perform the conversion accurately.

Exclusive Time of Functions

Calculate the exclusive execution time for each function given a series of log entries marking function calls and returns. The exclusive time is the time spent within a function, not including time spent in its callees.

Fizz Buzz

Write a program that prints numbers from 1 to n, replacing multiples of 3 with "Fizz", multiples of 5 with "Buzz", and multiples of both with "FizzBuzz".

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