IBM

IBM

Global technology and consulting firm with deep roots in enterprise IT and AI.

3 Rounds ~14 Days Medium
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The Interview Loop

Recruiter Screen (30 min)

Standard fit check, behavioral questions, and resume overview.

Technical Loop (3-4 Rounds)

Deep dive into domain knowledge, coding, and system design.

Interview Question Bank

Cloud Engineer System Design medium

Design a highly available, multi-region web application on IBM Cloud.

#High Availability #Load Balancing #Cloud Architecture
Cloud Engineer System Design hard

Design a hybrid cloud disaster recovery solution for an on-premises enterprise database.

#Disaster Recovery #Hybrid Cloud #Databases
Cloud Engineer System Design hard

Design a scalable log aggregation and search system for a microservices architecture generating 10TB of logs per day.

#Logging #Big Data #Microservices
Cloud Engineer System Design medium

How would you design communication between microservices? When would you choose synchronous REST/gRPC vs asynchronous message queues?

#Microservices #Architecture #Messaging
Cloud Engineer System Design hard

Design a distributed rate limiter for an API Gateway.

#Distributed Systems #API Gateway #Algorithms
Cloud Engineer System Design medium

A client wants to migrate a monolithic legacy application to a cloud-native architecture. Walk me through your strategy.

#Cloud Migration #Microservices #Strangler Fig
Cloud Engineer System Design hard

Design a secure architecture for an application that processes highly sensitive financial data (PCI-DSS compliant).

#Security #Compliance #Architecture

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Senior Engineer

Focuses on core competencies, system constraints, and clear communication.

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Always explain your thought process before writing code or drawing architecture.

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