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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Coimbatore, India

July 1, 2023
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview was virtual and very easy. However, I fumbled some theory questions. I was asked very basic questions during the interview.

The interview duration was 1 hour and 30 minutes. The interviewer was really friendly.

Questions

Brief introduction of myself.

I was asked about Linux commands: How to find a directory? How to display all directories? How to find the administrator of the PC?

Then, she started asking in-depth questions. I told her to switch to other skills on my resume. She switched to OS:

  • Process vs. thread
  • What is a context switch?
  • What is segmentation?
  • What is swapping?
  • Primary memory vs. secondary memory?

Then, she asked me to open Notepad and posed programming questions:

  1. Valid parenthesis check.
  2. Sort numbers using any sorting algorithm.

Behind the scenes of C compilation:

  • What is strcpy(), strcat()?
  • What is malloc and calloc?

Then, she asked me to open the compiler and asked:

  • Swap two numbers without a third variable.
  • Reverse words in a sentence.

I had mentioned Python on my resume:

  • init and del?
  • Lambda function.
  • Global vs. static?
  • Why do you use Python?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the IBM Software Engineer role in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Success Rate

20%
Pass Rate

IBM's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive90%
Neutral10%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for IBM's Software Engineer interview process in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

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