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
Machine Learning Engineer
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Coding
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easy
Given an array of integers nums and an integer target, return indices of the two numbers such that they add up to target.
#Arrays
#Hash Table
Machine Learning Engineer
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Coding
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easy
Given a string containing just the characters '(', ')', '{', '}', '[' and ']', determine if the input string is valid.
#Strings
#Stack
Machine Learning Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Given an array of intervals where intervals[i] = [starti, endi], merge all overlapping intervals.
#Arrays
#Sorting
Machine Learning Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Design a data structure that follows the constraints of a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache.
#Hash Table
#Doubly-Linked List
#Design
Machine Learning Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Given an m x n 2D binary grid which represents a map of '1's (land) and '0's (water), return the number of islands.
#Depth-First Search
#Breadth-First Search
#Matrix
Machine Learning Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Given an array of strings strs, group the anagrams together. You can return the answer in any order.
#Strings
#Hash Table
#Sorting
Machine Learning Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Given a string s, find the length of the longest substring without repeating characters.
#Strings
#Sliding Window
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