Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at TCS with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TCS overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at TCS as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Skills test: 29%
Presentation: 29%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
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I applied online. I interviewed at TCS (Pune) in Oct 2022
Interview
First you have to crack the technical round,it contains aptitude test, grammer and the coding.After that you will recieve interview mail, which contains the time,date, location of the interview.And the interview difficulty level will he normal.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Polymorphism Data Structures Inheritance Java concepts
they asked some dsa questions , to write a code in paper , scenario based questions , some basic hr questions , diff between java, python , cpp and general stuffs like about my self , interships and trainings
TCS NQT -> got interview call
Easy to average, tested basics, and common sense ability
2 people were interviewing in 1st round. After that HR came and asked about basic details about company and the country.
I applied online. I interviewed at TCS (Chennai) in Sep 2025
Interview
Focused on different skills
Overall it was a good experience
Focus on DSA
And core concepts like oops , computer networks and operating systems
Focused on SQl and advanced SQL