Online Assessment

An 80-Minute HackerRank with a Slow Web IDE

IBMSoftware Engineer · Online Assessment · Aug 2026

The assessment lasted 80 minutes in total. At the beginning, it recommended choosing one of three frameworks: Django, Spring Boot, or Node. The first problem was LeetCode's Design Authentication Manager. The second problem provided a web application for a ticket-booking system. I had to fix errors in the backend. It involved basic concepts such as RESTful APIs, caching, and paginating returned da…

Shared by a candidate · reported Aug 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.