This question is basically six questions duct-taped together and they want you to cover all of it.
Select 2-3 open-source contributions that best demonstrate your technical skills and collaboration, and narrate them using a structured story that highlights the problem, your solution, impact, and community interaction. Emphasize how you navigated trade-offs, integrated with existing APIs, and aligned with maintainers and users to deliver value.
Pro tip: Quantify impact where possible (e.g., 'reduced API latency by 30% for 10k users') and explicitly connect your open-source experience to the skills IBM values, such as cross-functional collaboration and scalable API design.
Briefly introduce the projects and your role, explaining why you chose them and how they relate to your skills and the job.
Describe specific tasks you performed, such as code changes, bug fixes, or documentation, and the technical decisions you made.
Explain the measurable outcomes of your work and any trade-offs you considered (e.g., performance vs. maintainability).
Illustrate how you interacted with maintainers and the community, including code reviews, issue discussions, and cross-functional alignment.
Summarize what you learned and how it has influenced your approach to software engineering and teamwork.
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