I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at IBM (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
My first round interview is technical interview. Interviewer briefly discussed about my experience first and asked me a bunch of programming language, CS basic and DSA questions. Most of the questions can be answered with a decent knowledge of CS.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given an array nums and target, return indices of two numbers that sum to target.
1 Hour Coding interview with 2 problems, Leetcode easy and Leetcode Medium/Hard. Got called back for a 45 minute behavioral screening with a team manager. This involved a resume walk and project deep dive, as well as some behavioral questions, and some small talk.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a time where during a project that something did not go as planned and what did you do in response?
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Austin, TX) in Jan 2026
Interview
First interview was a one on one conversation with an engineer. Mostly behavioral star style questions and a bit of talking about your resume and projects, no coding or anything super technical
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time when you had a change in requirements and how did you adapt