IBM Software Engineer(Internship) interview questions
based on 157 ratings - Updated May 13, 2026
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Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IBM overall takes an average of 25 days.
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I applied through other source. I interviewed at IBM (Bucarest, ) in Nov 2025
Interview
The interview process spanned over one month. FIrst an online assesment i took and passed, then the HR screening which was very friendly and then the final technical round which lasted 30 minutes and consisted of basic questions.
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Question 1
How would you approach ordering a list of strings from a file.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (New York, NY) in Nov 2025
Interview
They sent an online assessment to complete as soon as I applied, and then I'm not sure what the process is like after that online assessment, but make sure to prepare your LeetCode skills, particularly how to work with APIs.
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Question 1
Asked to take in data from an API and do calculations with it
I applied online. I interviewed at IBM in Sep 2023
Interview
OA was was language of choice plus a SQL question.
Average difficulty, no hards.
OA was 3 questions long with 1 hour to complete all questions.
You get 2 weeks to complete the OA but if you reach out they can extend it.
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Question 1
Simple array question (easy-medium)
SQL grouping and filtering to make a table look like a set outcome