I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IBM (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2021
Interview
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. 🤞
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The 3 coding questions were: Searching in the string; Basic File I/O operations; Triplet count based on conditions
There was a single behavioral interview offered by a different department after applying to 2 different positions and doing Hackerranks for them. Basic questions about projects on your resume and experience and the recruiters were nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a creative way that you solved a problem.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at IBM (Pune) in Nov 2025
Interview
First Round - Aptitude (one coding question and API development )
Second Round - Interview
Asked project related questions, computer fundamentals, DSA questions,
DSA Questions - target sum, kth max in array (priority queue)
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at IBM (Hyderābād) in Nov 2025
Interview
they asked about projects and one simple coding question in different ways. Reducing time and space complexity , then asked about dbms and asked can you write queries or not .
