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      Software Engineer Interview

      Oct 9, 2018
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at IBM in Oct 2018

      Interview

      I had to go through 3 rounds of online exam viz.. apti and bussiness communication and at last programming to qualifying for the interview , each round of written exam was elimination round After a long process 47 students qualified for the interview out of a total of 400. After that the main joke happened during the interview when girls were given more priority and even after a perfect interview i was not get selected I dont know perhaps they were there for just kidding with us because i was asked only one technical que and that too i answered perfectly and rest of the interview was like nrml talk over leadership skills and project I was wondering that why i wasnt asked any other que was they were just kidding with me or having their formality because i cleared their written exam And the main joke happened when the girl who said that her interview was just medium got selected Were u really kidding with the lives of male student why i was'nt asked any appropriate que If u really want to increase ratio of girls then why dont u just allow only female students...... This explains me why u are doing so bad in market...........please dont play with others' lives, this is really bad from a company which i really used to admire so much.....

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      They only put one joke on the name of TR round.... What is Encapsulation........
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