Entry Level Cognitive Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
Received an invite to participate in a HireVue coding challenge.
There were 7 questions, 3 of them being coding challenges. Topics included string manipulation and binary parse trees. There was also one machine learning question.
I was invited to the "Guru" interview 2 weeks later.
The interview jumped right into technical questions, with no behavioral questions asked.
I was asked about:
- Locking
- Scheduling
- Bit manipulation
- Binary parse trees
- Virtual functions
- A couple of short and easy coding problems
Questions
What is deadlocking?
What thread scheduling does Linux use?
How to swap two int values without using any temporary storage?
Other short and sweet questions and problems
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the IBM Entry Level Cognitive Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
IBM's interview process for their Entry Level Cognitive Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for IBM's Entry Level Cognitive Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
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