I applied online. I interviewed at IBM in Feb 2024
Interview
The first round was an English assessment to complete in 10 mins. The questions were related to right spelling of the words and spotting the errors in the phrases. The assesment was multiple choice. There are indian websites and also videos on youtube that prepares you to this assesment.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IBM (Bangalore Rural)
Interview
Tell us about a time when you overcame a rather difficult challenge pertaining to a past project. Tell us about a time when you had to halt a project halfway through as it wasn’t headed in the right direction. Tell us about a time when you had to make sacrifices in your personal life to complete an arduous project. Tell us about an instance when you had to make a tough decision pertaining to a project when you were under pressure. Tell us about a time when you had to take a risk in a project. Tell us about a time when you were asked to compromise moral values for the sake of a project. Tell us about a difficult relationship you had with a superior. How did you overcome it and build trust? Tell us about a time when you had a conflict at your workplace with a coworker. Tell us about a time when you had to deviate from the norm to complete a project. Tell us about a time when you had to acquire a new skill, dislodging you from your zone of comfort.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is Immutable class in java ? Create your own immutable class ? what is singleton and factory ? how to make singleton class thread safe? What are Demon Thread in Java ? What is Garbage collection ?What is the priority of GC ? Difference between Comparator and comparable? Questions from Hash code and equals method for Custom Objects . Difference between hashmap and hash table? what is Dependency injection ? what is beans and its life cycle ? Questions from Application COntext and annotations. Create a REST API to give the response as hello world . Different methods in REST -PUT , POST ,GET , DELETE? Difference between PUT and POST?
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM (Manila, Manila)
Interview
I had a bad experience with the interview. I was a fresh grad and didn't have a lot of experience, but I tried anyways. The interviewer keeps on chuckling with each other which can be offensive because I am trying my best to answer their questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did you choose to apply for a UX/UI role instead of a developer role?
