This was a video interview and coding session. There was no one on the other side asking questions; they just recorded me and my code for a later review. I did this and performed adequately. I knew I had messed up on one of the bonus coding sections, so I was unsure if I would receive a callback for a second interview.

I heard nothing from IBM for about two months. Then, on Tuesday, I received an email letting me know I had been selected to advance to the second "Guru" interview. This was supposed to be a live video interview that included some whiteboard coding. Great!

However, the IBM recruiter stated in her email that I had to do this on Wednesday or Thursday (24-48 hour notice). Well, that was a bit short notice to give my current employer, but I accepted. I replied, letting her know that any time on Thursday would work for me. And then I never heard anything back from the recruiter – no acknowledgement of my email, nothing. After waiting a while, I sent a second email, just in case the first hadn't gone through. Still, no reply.

It is now Friday, and I still haven't heard anything back from IBM. There was no phone number or other contact information in the email for me to use. It seems very unprofessional to ask someone to schedule a second interview and then provide no further communication.

Pretty simple coding questions. I think I was able to choose my language and chose JavaScript.

There are also some questions about why you coded the answers the way you did.