IBM Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer interview questions
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Technical round is good and some how tough as well. Time is taken 1 hr apprx for technical round. More scenario based questions they were asking. Over all experience was good. If you are confident enough to give answers you can easily crack this round. And also ask for feedback as well that gives good impression.
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Related to technology which you have mentioned in your resume or you have experience.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at IBM (Atlanta, GA) in Jan 2020
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Two rounds of interviews, one was more of a screening, second was video interview for an hour. both pretty chill, liked the people i talked to. Made me feel comfortable being there and asked good questions to get me talking about what im passionate about
hr called . She got profile from naukri. Scheduled Telephonic round . After 1 2 weeks asked for f2f discussion.
Too many people were there.. it was kind of a walking that day..