I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Dec 2025
Interview
There were total 3 rounds, 1st round is a frontend round where they asked about the react and JavaScript concept and one easy dsa problem. Then 2nd round is a backend and asked to solve 2 dsa problem using streams and some core Java concept like inheritance, interface etc . Then last was a 3rd round and the panel asked springboot and microservices along with java and one dsa problem using streams 8. Questions from the topics were like Multithreading, exception handle classes, static keyword, collections, some annotations, MVC architecture, api gateway, rate limiter etc.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Mar 2026
Interview
They took 3 technical and 1 Managerial round. Questions were tough for 1st round but easier in subsequent rounds.however They never released offer or thought to provide feedback. HR kept on giving dates. Very exhausting.
very good, didn't face major hurdles in my interview.
first round is online
second round is at office
completed all remaining rounds on same day.
Delay from HR on response to the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The role was specific to SQL testing:
SQL basics to intermediate level questions, Followed by Python, Agile and work experience related questions.
All high-level technical questions with no programming challenges. I had two to three rounds. Interviewers were extremely nice. The entire process was smooth and done quickly. No issues or complaints.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain what you usually do at work and how do you solve tough challenges.
