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Software Engineer Interview Experience

September 29, 2013
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Process

I met with six individuals, including managers and tech leads, in a single day that spanned from 9 AM to 4:30 PM.

Managers typically described their products and gauged how my personality might fit within the team.

Technical leads probed me on finer points of Java development, including heap/stack questions and JEE. I was also asked brainteaser-style riddles.

While with the interviewers, I was asked to draw on a whiteboard and explain my thought process for solving the riddles.

Questions

The brainteaser was quite tricky.

I was not told whether my answer was correct or acceptable; however, there was plenty of room within the context of the question to be creative.

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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.

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