IBM
Global technology and consulting firm with deep roots in enterprise IT and AI.
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~14 Days
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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
Frontend Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Write a JavaScript function to implement a debounce utility. How would you use this to optimize a search input querying an IBM Watson API?
#JavaScript
#Performance
#Closures
Frontend Engineer
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Coding
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medium
Write a function to deep clone a JavaScript object. Assume the object might contain nested objects, arrays, and dates, similar to complex responses from our enterprise APIs.
#JavaScript
#Recursion
#Data Structures
Frontend Engineer
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Coding
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hard
Implement a custom version of Promise.all().
#Asynchronous Programming
#Promises
#JavaScript
Frontend Engineer
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Technical
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easy
Explain Event Delegation in JavaScript. Why is it useful when rendering large lists of data in an enterprise application?
#DOM Manipulation
#Events
#Performance
Frontend Engineer
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Technical
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medium
Explain closures in JavaScript with a practical example. Where have you used them in your previous projects?
#JavaScript
#Closures
#Scope
Frontend Engineer
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Technical
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hard
What are Web Workers and how would you use them to process large datasets in the browser without freezing the UI?
#Web Workers
#Performance
#Multithreading
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