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.
Application
I interviewed at IBM
Interview
Lengthy but well versed. Engaging and paid attention to questions I asked. Enjoyed the open feel of information exchange. Great technical questions that seemed relevant to in job demands. Felt like my time was respected and professional.
I applied online without referrals
First OA with 2 coding questions, medium to hard level, 1 hour time limit
Then 5 online recorded behavior questions, only 1 try, no retries
Next round is meeting the hiring manager and a senior engineer in the team
Easy interview. Very friend and understanding interviewers. Asked very interesting questions about life and your mentality to understand you better deeply. Seemed like they were kind of expecting Very thought out responses for all of their questions