I applied through university. I interviewed at IBM
Interview
Completed Hackerrank technical assessment, then had an interview with hiring manager. Interview was mostly technical, with a simple coding task and some questions about Java. Quickly went over resume, asked a few questions about some skills listed.
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 .
