Platform Engineer · Phone Screen · Coding

IBM — Platform Engineer ❌ Failed

Level: Intern

Round: Phone Screen · Type: Coding · Difficulty: 3/10 · Duration: 60 min · Interviewer: Neutral

Topics: Arrays, Sliding Window

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Interview date: 2025-09-23

Got offer: False

Summary

Round 1: Phone Screen

Question: I was asked to solve Merge Intervals and a problem similar to Sliding Window Maximum.

Details

Recommended Preparation

Coding Practice

• Focus on array problems and sliding window variations.
• Practice implementing Merge Intervals from scratch.

LeetCode similar: LeetCode 56, LeetCode 239