Internship experience at IBM
Internship experience at IBM
- Large company with a diverse range of technologies.
- Lateral movement across the organization is easy.
- Great work-life balance.
- Hiring freezes preventing external hires.
- Lack of desire to innovate from some employees.
- Employee review system based on teams, where every team has to have some 'poor' performers.
- Lack of focus on the User Experience.
- Change the employee review system to encourage high-performing teams.
- Increase focus on design and continue to emphasize the importance of usability in products.
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IBM Interview Experiences
Software Developer
Great and straightforward. They conducted two phone interviews and one in-person interview, seeming to emphasize interpersonal skills over technical skills. My in-person interview was with two of the developers I will be working with. They tested m
Backend Developer
My first interview was a 3-hour HackerRank assessment, followed by a panel interview a few days later. During the panel, they reviewed my resume and asked about my past experience. I also answered questions related to API testing and SQL.
Software Engineer Intern
I got an online LeetCode assessment where I was given two easy-medium LeetCodes to do in a 30-minute time window. I then got an in-person interview where I was asked some questions on computer science concepts.
Software Developer
Markham, Ontario, CanadaFebruary 1, 2016Great and straightforward. They conducted two phone interviews and one in-person interview, seeming to emphasize interpersonal skills over technical skills. My in-person interview was with two of the developers I will be working with. They tested m
Backend Developer
Markham, Ontario, CanadaMarch 1, 2022My first interview was a 3-hour HackerRank assessment, followed by a panel interview a few days later. During the panel, they reviewed my resume and asked about my past experience. I also answered questions related to API testing and SQL.
Software Engineer Intern
Markham, Ontario, CanadaAugust 1, 2025I got an online LeetCode assessment where I was given two easy-medium LeetCodes to do in a 30-minute time window. I then got an in-person interview where I was asked some questions on computer science concepts.
