I applied through university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services (Coimbatore) in Sep 2014
Interview
It was a three day process for me which consisted of two rounds :
1. Aptitude Test
2. Interview (Tech & HR)
The Aptitude Test was about 90 mins. It was divided into two sections. Verbal Elimination Round(10 mins) and Quantitative Aptitude Round (80mins).
In the Verbal Elimination Round, a scenario was given with some key words. We have to write an email regarding the topic, including all the given key points. The topic given will be simple, but the time is very limited. It requires a lot of practice to complete the email within the stipulated time.
In my opinion, it is more beneficial to do the previous placement papers of TCS for the Quantitative Aptitude Round. There was negative marking for all the 30 questions, and some questions had more weightage.
The interview was on the following day. There were 48 panels with 3 members in each. The interview duration was approximately 20-25 minutes. My Interview Questions are listed below.
HR Questions
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Did you attend 2012 Placement Drive of TCS? Were you selected? Why didn't you join then?
3. Are you ready to join TCS now?
4. Usually most of the students will migrate from CBSE to State Board after 10th Standard. But you did the reverse. What was the motivation for that?
5. How good are you in Java?
6. You told that your father is working abroad. Then why you prefer to work in India?
7. Will you join TCS if you are asked to work in Kolkatta? Are you willing to work in any location?
8. What is your Aspiration?
9. What is your Long Term Goal?
10. If you get an offer letter of TCS and Cognizant, which will you accept and why?
Technical Questions
1. Write the code for BubbleSort using any programming language. (After writing the code, he gave me a set of numbers and asked me to illustrate the logic of my code using the given numbers)
2. Difference between C++ and Java
3. Is java code Portable? Why?
4. Is JVM Portable?
5. Tell me about your project
6. What is Agile Methodology?
7. Explain Scrum LifeCycle.
8. DBMS Concepts
9. Difference between DDL and DML
10. Normalization
11. Create an HTML Page to display an image. Asked about the purpose of many HTML Tags.
I got selected and I accepted the offer. I hope this information will be useful to you.
Best Wishes...
It started of easy with some questions about my projects and then to writing the code of my projects. knowing your basics of things that you put on your resume would help so much.
I interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services (Chennai)
Interview
It was pretty easy. They were focused only based on the resume . So, kindly ensure to know everything mentioned in the resume . They asked me to explain about my project and asked me to write an SQL query on inner and outer joins
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Question 1
They asked if I am available for night shifts and relocation
I applied through university. I interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services (Calcutta) in Jan 2026
Interview
The interview process involved a long waiting queue, but the management was well organized. The steps were clearly explained, and the overall process was structured and smooth despite the waiting time.