IBM Intern - Software Engineer interview questions
Updated Jun 6, 2026
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Intern - Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IBM with 2 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 63.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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HackerRank coding screening then a video (due to covid) interview with team manager / team members. The HackerRank screening is your typical coding challenges (3 questions were given for me). For the video interview was a mix of technical and behavioral questions.
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Describe a time where you were having challenges in a group environment and how did you solve them?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at IBM (Bengaluru) in Dec 2020
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My Interview was 4th round in process of recruitment, the other rounds were cognitive test (gamified), Basic programming skills, Coding round. Interview consisted questions based on my projects, behavioral questions, SQL.
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What is referential Integrity in DBMS? Few sample tables were given and I was asked about some of the edge cases possible while joining and referencing each other.
There was a Cognitive Assessment initially and after passing that I received a call from the manager to discuss the job position and had a brief talk about my experience with a database.
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I don't remember exactly, but they were revolving around the database usage and some theoretical questions.