IBM

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

3 Rounds ~14 Days Medium

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Recruiter Screen (30 min)

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Interview Question Bank

All Roles Backend Engineer 2 Frontend Engineer 2 Full Stack Engineer 1 Product Manager 1 Software Engineer 1

All Topics Algorithms 54 System Design 46 Culture Fit 38 SQL 12 Leadership 9 Machine Learning 8 Big Data Frameworks 7 Architecture 7

Backend Engineer • Technical • hard

Explain the concept of Event-Driven Architecture. How does Apache Kafka fit into this model?

#Kafka #Event-Driven #Microservices

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Backend Engineer • Technical • medium

Explain the architectural differences between a Monolithic application and Microservices. When would you choose one over the other?

#Microservices #Monolith #System Design

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Frontend Engineer • Technical • medium

What is Server-Side Rendering (SSR) vs Client-Side Rendering (CSR)? When would you use Next.js over a standard React SPA?

#SSR #CSR #Next.js #Performance

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Frontend Engineer • Technical • hard

IBM uses micro-frontends heavily to scale enterprise applications across different teams. Explain the concept of Micro-frontends and how you would share state or communicate between them.

#Micro-frontends #Architecture #Module Federation

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Full Stack Engineer • Technical • medium

What are the key differences between a monolithic architecture and microservices? When would you choose one over the other?

#Microservices #System Design #Scalability

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Product Manager • Technical • medium

Explain the concept of 'Event-Driven Architecture' and describe a scenario where you would advocate for it in a product.

#Event-Driven #Microservices #Scalability

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Software Engineer • Technical • hard

How do you handle distributed transaction management across multiple microservices? Explain the Saga pattern.

#Microservices #Distributed Transactions #Saga Pattern

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