IBM

Entry Level Software Developer Interview Experience - United States

April 15, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I received a coding assessment inquiry within 2 days.

The initial online assessment consisted of two LeetCode easy to medium level questions, completed in 45 minutes. The second question required optimization, specifically using binary search.

Soon after, they scheduled a video interview. It involved reviewing my resume and the assessment. It went smoothly, but I haven't yet received an invitation for the final round interview.

Questions

Pivot indexing / missing number

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 22 interview experiences for the IBM Entry Level Software Developer role in United States.

Success Rate

9%

Pass Rate

IBM's interview process for their Entry Level Software Developer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive41%

Neutral32%

Negative27%

Candidates reported having good feelings for IBM's Entry Level Software Developer interview process in United States.

IBM Work Experiences

Solid for foundation

Entry Level Software Developer • Former Employee

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States

October 14, 2023

Pros: Nice coworkers and a good environment for learning new things.

Cons: Challenging to work through bureaucracy.

Solid for foundation

Entry Level Software Developer • Former Employee

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States

October 14, 2023

Pros: Nice coworkers and a good environment for learning new things.

Cons: Challenging to work through bureaucracy.

Your experience at IBM highly depends on your team and department

Entry Level Software Developer • Current Employee

Markham, Ontario, Canada

December 8, 2022

Pros: Great work-life balance, interesting work, and lots of opportunity to explore things outside of your specialty. Your experience at IBM highly depends on the team you are working on.

Cons: Usually no bonus. 3 weeks vacation + 1 week for every 10 years served.

Your experience at IBM highly depends on your team and department

Entry Level Software Developer • Current Employee

Markham, Ontario, Canada

December 8, 2022

Pros: Great work-life balance, interesting work, and lots of opportunity to explore things outside of your specialty. Your experience at IBM highly depends on the team you are working on.

Cons: Usually no bonus. 3 weeks vacation + 1 week for every 10 years served.

Good place to start

Entry Level Software Developer • Current Employee

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

September 27, 2019

Pros: Friendly work culture, work-life balance is great, good starting pay, many locations.

Cons: Very behind on modern technologies. Management is rarely technical. It's very hard to leave the mainframe. The retention rate is very bad.

Good place to start

Entry Level Software Developer • Current Employee

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

September 27, 2019

Pros: Friendly work culture, work-life balance is great, good starting pay, many locations.

Cons: Very behind on modern technologies. Management is rarely technical. It's very hard to leave the mainframe. The retention rate is very bad.

Solid for foundation

Entry Level Software Developer • Former Employee

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States

October 14, 2023

Pros: Nice coworkers and a good environment for learning new things.

Cons: Challenging to work through bureaucracy.

4.0
Solid for foundation
Entry Level Software Developer • Former Employee
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States
October 14, 2023
Pros: Nice coworkers and a good environment for learning new things.
Cons: Challenging to work through bureaucracy.

Your experience at IBM highly depends on your team and department

Entry Level Software Developer • Current Employee

Markham, Ontario, Canada

December 8, 2022

Pros: Great work-life balance, interesting work, and lots of opportunity to explore things outside of your specialty. Your experience at IBM highly depends on the team you are working on.

Cons: Usually no bonus. 3 weeks vacation + 1 week for every 10 years served.

4.0
Your experience at IBM highly depends on your team and department
Entry Level Software Developer • Current Employee
Markham, Ontario, Canada
December 8, 2022
Pros: Great work-life balance, interesting work, and lots of opportunity to explore things outside of your specialty. Your experience at IBM highly depends on the team you are working on.
Cons: Usually no bonus. 3 weeks vacation + 1 week for every 10 years served.

Good place to start

Entry Level Software Developer • Current Employee

Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

September 27, 2019

Pros: Friendly work culture, work-life balance is great, good starting pay, many locations.

Cons: Very behind on modern technologies. Management is rarely technical. It's very hard to leave the mainframe. The retention rate is very bad.

3.0
Good place to start
Entry Level Software Developer • Current Employee
Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
September 27, 2019
Pros: Friendly work culture, work-life balance is great, good starting pay, many locations.
Cons: Very behind on modern technologies. Management is rarely technical. It's very hard to leave the mainframe. The retention rate is very bad.

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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