Tesco HSC Associate Software Engineer Interview Questions & Reviews

Interviewed Jul 2011 (took a day)

The way which Tesco HSC recruits freshers is still not clear. I got the opportunity by an employee refferal. Initially there was an Intelligence Test about 70 questions with a duration of 70 minutes and all questions were multiple choice. Before beginning the test however, we were asked to write a mock email (the topic varied for different batches) to test language competenency and the intelligence test was held parallely after a duration of 10 minutes.
It took about three-and-half hours to announce the results and I got through. The next phase consisted of three rounds of interviews viz. a technical round, a managerial round and a final 1:1 interview with the HR Manager.
All rounds were pretty straight forward. The questions from the technical round was mostly from my resume and about the project done during my final semester and it's practical relevance nothing else. The next round (managerial) was obvious enough were the panelist would ask you how you would handle different scenarios under pressure (I was asked about ego and modesty with related scenarios and how I would deal with them). Body language and verbal competancy was also checked here.
Finally, the final round was a basic test of English language and if you've probably cleared the previous rounds then this is a no-brainer.
I was'nt provided with any offer letter initially and my letter came by mail after two weeks. I was asked to collect my appointment letter a week before my joining date which was two months from the date of my interview.