IBM
Global technology and consulting firm with deep roots in enterprise IT and AI.
3 Rounds
~14 Days
Medium
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
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System Design
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medium
Design a highly available, multi-region web application on IBM Cloud.
#High Availability
#Load Balancing
#Cloud Architecture
Cloud Engineer
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System Design
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hard
Design a hybrid cloud disaster recovery solution for an on-premises enterprise database.
#Disaster Recovery
#Hybrid Cloud
#Databases
Cloud Engineer
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System Design
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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
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System Design
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medium
How would you design communication between microservices? When would you choose synchronous REST/gRPC vs asynchronous message queues?
#Microservices
#Architecture
#Messaging
Cloud Engineer
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System Design
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hard
Design a distributed rate limiter for an API Gateway.
#Distributed Systems
#API Gateway
#Algorithms
Cloud Engineer
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System Design
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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
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System Design
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hard
Design a secure architecture for an application that processes highly sensitive financial data (PCI-DSS compliant).
#Security
#Compliance
#Architecture
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