Software Intern Interview Experience - United States
Process
Simple LeetCode Easy OA. I ended up spending extra time adding comments to make sure they did not believe it was AI-generated.
About two weeks later, there was a one-hour behavioral interview with the manager and two engineers on the team.
Some system questions and a LeetCode Medium followed. It was a little bit tricky, but identifying a DP strategy was enough.
Questions
Difference between a thread and a process.
What is tail recursion?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 9 interview experiences for the IBM Software Intern role in United States.
Success Rate
IBM's interview process for their Software Intern roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for IBM's Software Intern interview process in United States.
IBM Work Experiences
- 5.0Amazing and flexible companySoftware Intern • Former EmployeeHursley, England, United KingdomAugust 14, 2025Pros: Good team and flexible hybrid work culture. In-person office with good wellbeing opportunities, and everyone is willing to teach and help you. Interns are treated like actual employees; there are not many hierarchy/superiority issues there.Cons: Low market salary at all paygrades, but flexibility and good work-life balance are big factors that improve this.
- 4.0Overall DecentSoftware Intern • Former EmployeeMarkham, ONJanuary 23, 2023Pros: Lots of interns, so lots of company Understand that as interns, we need to be trained and don't know that muchCons: Your overall experience will depend greatly on the specific team you're a part of
- 2.0Repetitive work, not exciting.Software Intern • Former EmployeeSeptember 29, 2022Pros: No load. Flexible working hours.Cons: Boring work. No value from work done by project members.
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