First stage online HackerRank assessment, not too hard. The next step was a live interview, that also took place on HackerRank. I was contacted by a recruiter for this, and the interview was led by an SWE at IBM, it went ok.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some Graph-related questions, DP, and string parsing.
There was a single behavioral interview offered by a different department after applying to 2 different positions and doing Hackerranks for them. Basic questions about projects on your resume and experience and the recruiters were nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a creative way that you solved a problem.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IBM (Pune) in Nov 2025
Interview
First Round - Aptitude (one coding question and API development )
Second Round - Interview
Asked project related questions, computer fundamentals, DSA questions,
DSA Questions - target sum, kth max in array (priority queue)
I applied through university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at IBM (Hyderābād) in Nov 2025
Interview
they asked about projects and one simple coding question in different ways. Reducing time and space complexity , then asked about dbms and asked can you write queries or not .
