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3935 interview stories from candidates at 857 companies: how each round went, what was asked and how it ended. Every company page links to practice questions in the same style.
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- Target Account Executive interview: recruiter and manager panelTarget · Account Executive · HR Screen · Jul 2026
I had two rounds for a Target Roundel Account Manager role. The first was a recruiter conversation. The second lasted about an hour with several managers and leaned heavily on situational and behavioral prompts, including follow-ups that felt tightly structured. Everyone was professional and polite, but the process felt more formal than I would have preferred. I did not receive an offer, which di…
- Target Account Executive interview: virtual team conversations ended by schedulingTarget · Account Executive · Jul 2026Withdrew
My process began with an HR call about my experience and what I was looking for. Then I had a virtual round and a few more Zoom meet-and-greet conversations with team leads and store managers. It felt organized and friendly, and people seemed genuinely interested in getting to know me. The process stopped because of scheduling conflicts on my side, not because of anything in the interviews. I lef…
- Tata Communications Software Engineer interview: networking fundamentals and project discussionTata Communications · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
After speaking with a recruiter, I had a fairly relaxed technical conversation about core electronics and networking fundamentals. We covered basic electronic concepts, then the OSI and TCP/IP models, common networking protocols, and usual networking tools. A substantial part of the discussion was my project: how I implemented it, what problems came up, and what I personally contributed. They wan…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Business Analyst capital-markets interviewTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Business Analyst · Technical Screen · Jul 2026Offer
The interview felt moderate overall. Most questions concerned SQL and the domain side of my background, followed by why I wanted to switch. My domain was capital markets, so the discussion covered the trade lifecycle and compared equity with derivatives. It went into futures and options and how the products relate in practice. Although it was not described as an especially deep technical intervie…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Business Analyst interviewTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Business Analyst · Technical Screen · Jul 2026Offer
I had a technical round, then a management round, followed by HR. The stages felt connected: if the technical and management conversations went well, HR would move things on. Afterward, I completed the iBegin portal and entered the compensation details I had already discussed. There were few surprises, and the process felt smooth from start to finish. The final step was mainly confirming the CTC…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Business Analyst Interview Experience: architecture and Java depthTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Business Analyst · Technical Screen · Jul 2026Offer
The interview began with a detailed walkthrough of my current project. I had to explain the full architecture: design, microservice communication, database interactions, authentication, deployment, technologies, and the reasoning behind decisions. They then covered Java collections, multithreading, exceptions, OOP, and Streams operations such as filtering, mapping, grouping, sorting, and reducing…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Business Analyst interview: client call and Hong Kong HR roundTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Business Analyst · HR Screen · Jul 2026Offer
After a recruiter screen, I had a video call with the client and project admin. They asked about the technical stack I had used, client and stakeholder communication, and my project-management experience: what I delivered, coordinated, and did to manage expectations. About a week later, I went on site to the Hong Kong office for an HR round. That stage was more straightforward, focused on fit and…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Consultant interview: walk-in follow-up stalledTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Consultant · Other · Jul 2026
The process lasted much longer than I expected. It started with a walk-in interview. After some time, I got a call asking me to upload documents, and later I was asked to take a screenshot with a panel. That was where everything slowed down. I waited for the next message and checked again weeks later, but there was still no meaningful update. The questions themselves were not the main problem. Th…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer campus interview with Java and multithreadingTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
This was a campus-placement setup where TR, MR, and HR seemed to run in parallel. I began with TR, and the questions started with DSA and AI basics. That put the focus on foundational concepts rather than anything especially specialized. Then the discussion moved into Java and operating systems, with extra attention to multithreading. It felt like they wanted to know whether I could handle core p…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview experience: Priority Campus NQTTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026Offer
I went through the Priority Campus NQT process: an online assessment, a technical interview, and an HR interview. The assessment followed the usual aptitude-and-reasoning pattern and included two coding questions. Once I cleared it, I was shortlisted for the Digital track. The technical interview leaned heavily on my resume. I walked through my projects and core computer science basics, then answ…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview with DevOps and cloud topicsTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · HR Screen · Jul 2026Offer
My interview had a clear structure: an HR screening, a technical interview on DevOps and cloud, and a final technical and managerial discussion. That last discussion returned to my project experience and expanded into Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD, security, and Python. After that came another HR conversation. The difficulty felt average, and each stage gave me a clearer sense of what they cared about:…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview with resume-based API codeTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · HR Screen · Jul 2026
I expected a wide range of technical topics, but the conversation stayed close to my resume. The interviewer focused on what I had already listed and did not pull in much outside my background. My panel felt uneven. Some questions were very easy, but for me they went deeper into integration-style code, arrays, and Python basics. That resume-first pattern came up again with AWS because I had a cer…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview: basics to HRTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026Offer
The technical portion was manageable and covered string manipulation, arrays, and regex. It felt focused on practical fundamentals rather than obscure material. The second round was HR, including salary discussion. We reached agreement and I was selected. In another part of the process, I saw the same practical approach: OOP, DBMS, JavaScript, a couple of SQL queries, DSA exercises such as Fibona…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview: frontend work and simple codingTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
The interview opened with my frontend and integration experience: React.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and API integration. We then discussed projects and how I solved problems while building. Programming questions appeared in the conversation too. I walked through simple tasks such as reversing strings, followed by related prompts. The HR portion was more conversational, covering interes…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview: fundamentals and manager roundTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
My process was straightforward. It began with a basic technical screen and moved into a managerial discussion. The technical questions stayed grounded in software-development concepts, database principles, and standard CS knowledge, and they connected those subjects to my earlier project experience. The managerial discussion lasted about 20 to 30 minutes. It mixed technical checks with questions…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview: HR and technical overlapTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
My screening-to-HR flow was unusual because the HR conversation did not feel purely HR related. I went through the usual MCQs and technical questions first, then an additional nontechnical HR round that still included technical questioning. The interviewer's style stood out too. When I answered, they seemed to have little patience. It felt more like a rapid test than a normal back-and-forth, and…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview: Java fundamentalsTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · Other · Jul 2026
The process began with aptitude and reasoning, then coding. I received two coding questions: one easy-to-mid level and one mid-to-hard DSA problem. Each part seemed to require clearing before the next advanced. The technical discussion went deep into Java and CS fundamentals: String versus StringBuilder/StringBuffer, string immutability, equals and hashCode, ArrayList versus LinkedList, checked a…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview: long venue waitTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026
My experience at the venue was disappointing because the day felt poorly managed. I arrived early but waited a long time before my name was called for the first round, late in the evening after most of the day had gone by. There were many other candidates, and I could not tell how the calling order was decided. The invitation gave a smaller time window, but the process ran until around the evenin…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview: NQT fundamentalsTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026Offer
After clearing the online NQT, I was invited to a combined technical, managerial, and HR interview. The NQT included aptitude, logical reasoning, verbal ability, and coding. In the interview, the panel checked what I had put on my resume and connected it to core computer-science fundamentals. The technical discussion covered data structures and algorithms, DBMS, OOPs, and operating systems. I als…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview: repeated logic questionsTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
The interview felt tough almost immediately. I was given a steady stream of logic problems, with little room to recover if I stumbled before the next one. I felt the interviewers were considering more than my answers. Technical reasoning mattered alongside confidence, communication, attitude and professionalism. I had to keep my thoughts organized and stay composed while working through the quest…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer NQT interview with coding gapTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · HR Screen · Jul 2026
The NQT process I went through had two main rounds after the test. First was a combined technical and managerial round covering resume knowledge, coding, and problem solving. Then came an HR round on fit, cultural comfort, willingness to relocate, and confirming background details for final selection. I had been categorized for roles based on my NQT performance. I did well on several aptitude and…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer office interview experienceTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
After clearing the TCS NQT exam, I was shortlisted for interviews at a TCS office. Early questions covered core Java, SQL, and DSA. The route from the exam through shortlisting into technical and HR-style evaluation was clear. The in-person rounds combined technical work and fit. I introduced myself and connected answers to my resume. They asked why TCS, why they should hire me, my expected packa…
- Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Systems Engineer rushed roundTata Consultancy Services (North America) · Systems Engineer · Jul 2026Rejected
One interview round was rough. The interviewer arrived late, and with time already tight, I was not given a real chance to discuss or explain my reasoning. Questions came quickly and felt more like rapid checking than conversation. Near the end, they wrapped up by asking only a few more questions and telling me I was not a fit for the role. The difficulty felt high largely because I did not get t…
- Tavant Software Engineer interview experience: fast technical roundsTavant · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
The process moved quickly. After an initial coding step, I had two back-to-back technical rounds and then an MR and HR discussion. It all finished in about a week, with little slack between stages. For the final round, I was expected to visit the office. That made the last part feel more formal and committed than the earlier fast sequence. I did not receive an offer. Still, the cadence was effici…
- TCS Software Engineer Interview Experience: Long fresher-oriented timelineTCS · Software Engineer · Jul 2026
After applying online, the TCS process stretched close to 6 to 12 months, though it was organized once underway. It moved from technical coding to an advanced coding/problem-solving round, then a managerial discussion of my technical experience and projects, and finally HR topics: compensation, notice period, policies, and next steps. The NQT exam was important for shortlisting. My listed slot wa…
- TCS Software Engineer Interview Experience: long onsite technical and SQL dayTCS · Software Engineer · Onsite · Jul 2026Rejected
I waited in a hall while candidates were called one at a time, then entered a technical round based directly on my CV. I was asked at least one DSA question, so the interview tested both fundamentals and problem solving. The day was long and exhausting. The format I recall had a technical segment first, followed by coding and SQL queries, and interviewers would help when I got stuck. It ran from…
- TCS Software Engineer interview: incomplete AVL tree and a Digital-role offerTCS · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026Offer
After the recruiter call, I sat for the TCS Prime interview. It was focused and structured, lasting about 40 to 50 minutes. It covered DSA, core programming, my projects, and Python OOP. The technical section began with an AVL-tree coding task. I had to build an AVL tree from scratch with insert, delete, search, and LL, RR, LR, and RL rotations. I could not finish the implementation completely, a…
- TCS Software Engineer interview: numeric aptitude questions instead of engineering discussionTCS · Software Engineer · Other · Jul 2026
My TCS AI interview felt more like a broad numeric and aptitude round than a technical conversation. The mock-test setup mixed numeric and aptitude questions. I kept thinking about the mismatch between what I had prepared from my experience and why so much time went to the numeric part. The questions were straightforward enough, but the flow did not feel connected to actual engineering work. Ever…
- TCS Systems Engineer interview: priority NQT and Java-focused Prime interviewTCS · Systems Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
I went through an on-campus priority NQT process. I had to solve two coding questions before reaching the Prime interview, so the NQT felt like a gatekeeper. The technical interview focused mostly on Java, especially Java OOP, Spring Boot, and SQL. There was also an expectation that I could code through multiple test cases. The process did not rely only on theory. It put weight on solving enough…
- TD Software Engineer interview: in-person L1 and L2 processTD · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
I interviewed in person, which made the process feel more immediate than a remote screen. The timeline described L1 and L2 followed by a managerial or HR round. In L1, I had a Python coding question, discussed my current project in detail, and answered questions about AWS Cloud knowledge. The prompts tested both execution and context: code alongside how I had applied it. Managing timing was a lit…