I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM
Interview
Over the phone technical interview with manager:
- Experiences, Projects, etc.
In person interview with manager:
- Technical interview. Asked about relevant language experience
- Created hypothetical work situations
Had other offers I wanted to field but early hiring led to me having to cancel other submissions so that I did not lose this offer. In manager's defense they did wait 1 month for me to field other offers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Technical interview. Asked about relevant language experience
- Created hypothetical work situations
- Experiences, Projects, etc.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at IBM in Nov 2015
Interview
Phone Screen followed by full-day interview on-site and lunch with the team. Split day into 5 x 1-1.5 hour interviews with project lead, lead software architect, and two software engineers from within the team. Mix of behavioral/ technical questions from all interviewers, in proportion from 50/50 to 100%. Mix of whiteboarding, coding on paper, and walking thru code sample from one of my earlier projects (a lot of "why did I write it that way?" open-ended questions.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Write a function to compare two strings and determine if they're the same.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at IBM (New York, NY) in Oct 2016
Interview
Hireview video interviews (answer interview questions into a webcam as well as some very easy programming questions) followed by CEO interview with current software engineers asking basic interview questions and discussing background
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic background information about previous experience