Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - Beijing, China
February 1, 2009
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
The interview process was good and quick. I finally received an offer, which was a positive interview experience.
I have finally received the offer and joined the IBM development lab in Beijing.
Questions
What is a system call in Linux?
What is the bottleneck for a database?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the IBM Staff Software Engineer role in Beijing, Beijing.
Success Rate
100%
Pass Rate
IBM's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in Beijing, Beijing is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for IBM's Staff Software Engineer interview process in Beijing, Beijing.
IBM Work Experiences
4.0
Big Company, Decent Balance
Staff Software Engineer • Former Employee
Beijing, Beijing, China
April 9, 2021
Pros: Work-life balance in a big company.
Cons: Low salary, slow promotion, frequent layoffs.
5.0
Comfortable and easy to stay, hard to be promoted
Staff Software Engineer • Former Employee
Beijing, Beijing, China
October 18, 2013
Pros: Workmates are skilled and friendly.
Good life/work balance.
There are many lectures of technical sharing, some of which are very useful and have strong insight.
Cons: Spend too many resources on the maintenance of old products.
Trade open-source too seriously.
Need more innovation to give old products a whole revolution, not just maintenance and bug fixes.
3.0
Comfortable company, good work-life balance, but pay is not high
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
Beijing, Beijing, China
October 29, 2013
Pros: Work-life balance, not much overtime in normal working hours.
Freedom, you can work from home freely.
Good travel opportunities.
Cons: Pay not high, a lot of unrelated routines.
- 4.0Big Company, Decent BalanceStaff Software Engineer • Former EmployeeBeijing, Beijing, ChinaApril 9, 2021Pros: Work-life balance in a big company.Cons: Low salary, slow promotion, frequent layoffs.
- 5.0Comfortable and easy to stay, hard to be promotedStaff Software Engineer • Former EmployeeBeijing, Beijing, ChinaOctober 18, 2013Pros: Workmates are skilled and friendly. Good life/work balance. There are many lectures of technical sharing, some of which are very useful and have strong insight.Cons: Spend too many resources on the maintenance of old products. Trade open-source too seriously. Need more innovation to give old products a whole revolution, not just maintenance and bug fixes.
- 3.0Comfortable company, good work-life balance, but pay is not highStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBeijing, Beijing, ChinaOctober 29, 2013Pros: Work-life balance, not much overtime in normal working hours. Freedom, you can work from home freely. Good travel opportunities.Cons: Pay not high, a lot of unrelated routines.
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