I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IBM (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2020
Interview
The very next day after I sent in my application, I was given a cognitive assessment, which was essentially 5 mini-games that tested how well you solve various problems in limited time.
After that, I was sent a Hackerrank coding assessment on the same day, with 3 coding questions to be solved in 3 hours. The questions were similar in difficulty to the Easy and Medium questions on Leetcode. I was able to pass all test cases in around 90 minutes, which IBM even said was the average completion time among applicants. I then received an email saying that my coding assessment has been received, and I will be under consideration for the next steps.
However, I logged onto the career portal a couple days later, and found that my application was no longer under consideration, with no explanation or feedback. Never received a rejection email, and never spoke to a single person working with the company.
Based on a recent review I've seen here, I assume the position had already been filled, so I'm quite frustrated that I just wasted my time with this process. The only good to come out of this is that my assessment results are valid for the next 12 months, so I guess I'll save time for the next application, whenever that will be.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding challenge consisted of 3 questions, mainly on data structures and algorithms
A recruiter reached out to me about scheduling some time to speak. They just scheduled a time without even confirming my availability first. Thought it would be an initial phone screen, but was a technical interview with someone different than I was emailing. The lack of communication and information was disappointing
I first received an online language test. Then got invited for an offline coding round. It was a fairly average-level question with 7-8 test cases on the HackerRank platform. People who passed even 3-4 test cases got selected for the next round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was an ASCII code-based string array coding problem.
I have applied directly through ibm portal, after 1 moth a got a mail for the assessment process 1st assessment was a english speaking test conducted online.. it was actually checking your spontaneosness and speaking skills..
then after few weeks i got themail for a pool campus drive for 2nd round it was a coding test consisted of 2 coding questions 1st was med leetcode level and 2nd question was hard leetcode.. i got rejected in this round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 coding questions 1st was med leetcode level and 2nd question was hard leetcode..