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      Open Source Developer Interview

      4 Jun 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Waterloo, ON
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Waterloo, ON) in Feb 2015

      Interview

      Applied through school job site. 1 on 1 with hiring manager. After interview I filled out an IQ test online, never got the results from it but guess I did okay. The IQ test was harder than the interview. They contacted me through email to confirm the match.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Write a depth first search function for a binary tree.
      Answer question

      Other Open Source Developer interview reviews for IBM

      Open Source Developer Interview

      3 Jan 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bengaluru
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Aug 2024

      Interview

      Applied through the career portal and got an OA emailed to me 2 weeks later. It was an HackerRank online coding test with 2 question sections that were relatively medium-hard and it did not latch any leetcode questions.

      Open Source Developer Interview

      4 Mar 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bangalore Rural
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Bangalore Rural) in Jan 2024

      Interview

      It consist of three rounds. They ask about open source contribution 1st Technical Mostly about basic C++ Knowledge and Deep learning 2nd Technical Open source development experience with expertise in Assembly language. 3rd HR

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Asked about deep learning concepts like Convolution and RNN, LLMs concept.
      Answer question

      Open Source Developer Interview

      2 Jan 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Toronto, ON
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Toronto, ON) in Dec 2019

      Interview

      It was an internship. The interview was more like a short thirty to forty mins chat. No leetcode algorithm problems were asked during the interview, mainly past experiences. For example, what did you do when you encountered bugs

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      what did you do when you encountered bugs?
      Answer question

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