IBM Software Engineer Backend interview questions

I had a problem about merging a sorted array, combination given different array and array elements, and a string manipulation question. Hackerrank offers a great platform for the first round of interviews. It feels like practice.

I applied online and after 1 week, I received the online assessment. It was in two parts, the first was Cognify Game Assessment, and the second was the HackerRank coding assessment. The cognify assessment was divided into 5 mini-games which were to check problem-solving skills and skills with numbers. They were easy but with very little time hence it could be a bit unnerving. The HackerRank coding assessment was easy. 3 questions 3 hours In the beginning, I felt that it is very easy as I completed the first 2 questions in under 20 mins, but the last one was a bit tricky. The logic was simple but it was exceeding the execution time limit for some test cases. I tried my best for 2 hours, but could only get 5/9 test case passed. Now I am waiting for the response, let's hope for the best. 🤞