Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - Bengaluru, Karnataka
September 1, 2022
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Interviewed for Operating System Developer.
Two technical interviews were conducted with senior members. The technical interviews focused on OS design questions, such as virtual memory, networking, and virtualization. The final interview was with the Hiring Manager, where the focus was to design memory copying inside the OS.
Questions
Virtual memory design and interrupt handling in operating systems.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the IBM Staff Software Engineer role in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Success Rate
50%
Pass Rate
IBM's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in Bengaluru, Karnataka is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for IBM's Staff Software Engineer interview process in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
IBM Work Experiences
2.0
Hire and Fire
Staff Software Engineer • Former Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
November 13, 2025
Pros: Competitive Salary
Joining Bonus
WLB (Totally based on project and seniors/Manager)
Hybrid work culture
Free courses to learn
Yearly events and parties
Cons: Hire and Fire policy: every year or two years, mandatory layoffs will happen.
Employees will be picked by PM based on some random criteria, tagged as low performers, and forced to resign. There's no option for internal transfer.
Too much favoritism.
Internal politics.
No proper HR team. Anything required must go through some AI bot, which will take eternity to get what we need.
No proper knowledge transfer will be given, as they are scared people will learn and replace them.
2.0
Good Benefits, Poor Leadership & Communication
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
October 30, 2025
Pros: Honestly, I couldn’t identify any real pros during my time here.
Cons: Internal politics: reports of a political culture and high turnover depending on leadership.
2.0
Good Money, Bad Environment
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
September 15, 2025
Pros: Money is good as the management has a lot of money and they do not shy away from sharing that.
Cons: 1. Old tech
2. No collaboration, no project KT, no docs, no helpful people
3. No work-life balance
4. A lot of weekend support unnecessarily
- 2.0Hire and FireStaff Software Engineer • Former EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaNovember 13, 2025Pros: Competitive Salary Joining Bonus WLB (Totally based on project and seniors/Manager) Hybrid work culture Free courses to learn Yearly events and partiesCons: Hire and Fire policy: every year or two years, mandatory layoffs will happen. Employees will be picked by PM based on some random criteria, tagged as low performers, and forced to resign. There's no option for internal transfer. Too much favoritism. Internal politics. No proper HR team. Anything required must go through some AI bot, which will take eternity to get what we need. No proper knowledge transfer will be given, as they are scared people will learn and replace them.
- 2.0Good Benefits, Poor Leadership & CommunicationStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaOctober 30, 2025Pros: Honestly, I couldn’t identify any real pros during my time here.Cons: Internal politics: reports of a political culture and high turnover depending on leadership.
- 2.0Good Money, Bad EnvironmentStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaSeptember 15, 2025Pros: Money is good as the management has a lot of money and they do not shy away from sharing that.Cons: 1. Old tech 2. No collaboration, no project KT, no docs, no helpful people 3. No work-life balance 4. A lot of weekend support unnecessarily
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