IBM

Software Engineer Interview Experience

January 1, 2015

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a technical phone interview first. They asked one basic algorithm question.

After that, I was invited for an on-site interview.

It lasted 4.5 hours, and I interviewed with 4 engineers and one manager. Each engineer asked me 2-4 algorithm questions. I answered all of them very well.

However, they felt my explanations were not good because my English was not strong. They still rejected me in the end.

Questions

The manager asked me what I know about the company.

Also, one engineer asked about the rotation of the BST. I have done it before, but it is hard to solve this quickly, as it has many cases to consider.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 363 interview experiences for the IBM Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

39%

Pass Rate

IBM's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive53%

Neutral33%

Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for IBM's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

IBM Work Experiences

Diverse Projects, Terrible Management

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden

August 21, 2023

Pros: If you are lucky, exposure to a lot of different projects.

Cons: Terrible salary, management, and peers. They will hire anyone with a pulse and do not respect their customers nor their employees.

Diverse Projects, Terrible Management

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden

August 21, 2023

Pros: If you are lucky, exposure to a lot of different projects.

Cons: Terrible salary, management, and peers. They will hire anyone with a pulse and do not respect their customers nor their employees.

I have no complaints

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

November 18, 2013

Pros: Provides ample opportunities to prove, explore, and enhance your worth.

Cons: If you are working in India, then you are more of an obedient follower of your US/Canada/UK offices.

I have no complaints

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

November 18, 2013

Pros: Provides ample opportunities to prove, explore, and enhance your worth.

Cons: If you are working in India, then you are more of an obedient follower of your US/Canada/UK offices.

Do you want to work for a multinational company?

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Pros: - Working from Home policy. - Profit share

Cons: - Working with IBM products that nobody uses in the market. - No physical interactions between team members as they all work from home.

Do you want to work for a multinational company?

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Pros: - Working from Home policy. - Profit share

Cons: - Working with IBM products that nobody uses in the market. - No physical interactions between team members as they all work from home.

Diverse Projects, Terrible Management

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden

August 21, 2023

Pros: If you are lucky, exposure to a lot of different projects.

Cons: Terrible salary, management, and peers. They will hire anyone with a pulse and do not respect their customers nor their employees.

2.0
Diverse Projects, Terrible Management
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden
August 21, 2023
Pros: If you are lucky, exposure to a lot of different projects.
Cons: Terrible salary, management, and peers. They will hire anyone with a pulse and do not respect their customers nor their employees.

I have no complaints

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

November 18, 2013

Pros: Provides ample opportunities to prove, explore, and enhance your worth.

Cons: If you are working in India, then you are more of an obedient follower of your US/Canada/UK offices.

4.0
I have no complaints
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
November 18, 2013
Pros: Provides ample opportunities to prove, explore, and enhance your worth.
Cons: If you are working in India, then you are more of an obedient follower of your US/Canada/UK offices.

Do you want to work for a multinational company?

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Pros: - Working from Home policy. - Profit share

Cons: - Working with IBM products that nobody uses in the market. - No physical interactions between team members as they all work from home.

5.0
Do you want to work for a multinational company?
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
June 8, 2016
Pros: - Working from Home policy. - Profit share
Cons: - Working with IBM products that nobody uses in the market. - No physical interactions between team members as they all work from home.

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.

ArraysStringsGreedy Algorithms

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.

Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

You're given daily stock prices. Find the maximum profit you can make by buying and selling the stock once. You must buy before you sell.

ArraysDynamic Programming

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