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.
This was the first virtual interview I had, and the interviewer didn't ask me any questions instead he asked me to give an impromptu presentation on a project that I worked on. For the first interview it would have been nice to get a heads-up to create a presentation or be prepared to start coding a project in front of someone.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Open a text editor and start going through and coding a project you worked on.
The first round was a behavioral interview where they asked about my background, my hobbies, and my early career plans. They asked about a project listed in one of my work experiences, but the project was related to the work of the role.
45 min virtual 1:1 interview with a senior engineer manager. In my case, I only had 1 round of interview. Some might have more than one interview, usually around 2 rounds of interviews.
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