IBM Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer interview questions
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Technical questions on the different languages mentioned in the job description requirement for that project, system design, algorithm questions, etc. Was asked the competency of skilled set of the different langages. Started with easy questions and moved to more challenging questions and so on.
They took 1 technical round and other HR round. The process is friendly and smooth. The panel has 2 interviewers. I was not good in salary negotiation but they have given as per the market standard.
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Oracle Financial Technical and functional questions
They have mostly checking the Java, spring boot and your problem solving skills. It will be 4 rounds of interview
Round 1 - coding test
Round 2 - technical round
Round 3 - Manager round
Round 4 - Hr discussion