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      Software Engineer Interview

      Oct 16, 2015
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM

      Interview

      I applied online. After a week or so I got an e-mail from the hiring manager to schedule a call. I talked with the hiring manager. We discussed the position and whether it would be a good fit. There were no specific technical questions. We both agreed it would be a good fit and decided to move forward with an onsite. Between the call and the onsite there was an online interview and coding test. The interview was a bit strange. I had to record video answers to written questions with no feedback from a real person. The programming questions were fairly standard. There was a decent editor and the ability to run some test cases (they defined the test cases). Two of the problems were fairly straight forward (like you would see in an interview prep book). One of the problems was a bit more complex. They gave me an hour and it took pretty much the whole time. The whole coding test took about 3 hours. The onsite was about 5 hours and included lunch. I met with a few managers and one engineer. The managers asked some behavioral questions ("Tell me about a time when..."). And the engineer asked more technical questions. Since the coding test was focused on algorithms the engineer interview was more focused on architecture and object-oriented principles. Everyone was very nice and enthusiastic about the project, which was much appreciated. A few days after the interview I got an informal verbal offer from the hiring manager and set up a meeting with the VP in charge of the group who gave me the salary numbers and explained the project at a higher level. About a week after the interview I got the formal offer letter in my e-mail.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      The coding test was fairly standard algorithms questions from books like Cracking the Coding Interview. They weren't too hard, but if I didn't study I may have had a time crunch. One of the questions was a bit more complex with a page long specification and some unique requirements. The onsite was mostly behavioral ("Tell me about a time when...") with some software engineering questions relating to architecture and design.
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