I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Kolkata) in Sep 2019
Interview
smooth and quick with 3 rounds of interviews, 2 technical rounds followed by a HR round, 1st round was virtual while the remaining rounds were face-to-face, and in technical rounds questions from my previous project was asked along with in-depth technical questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
questions from previous project and technologies I worked upon which covered java, spring mvc, spring boot, microservice, and sql
The interview process at IBM
was smooth and straightforward. The technical discussion mainly focused on SQL join queries between two tables, along with a general conversation about AI and Generative AI concepts. The interviewers were friendly, and the overall difficulty level of the round was easy to moderate.
I applied online without referrals
First OA with 2 coding questions, medium to hard level, 1 hour time limit
Then 5 online recorded behavior questions, only 1 try, no retries
Next round is meeting the hiring manager and a senior engineer in the team
The online test interview process was well structured and user friendly. Instructions were clear, questions relevant, and platform stable. Timed sections assessed skills effectively, providing fair evaluation and experience overall.
