I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at TIAA (Pune) in Jul 2017
Interview
It sucks, totally sucks, they called me at 12:30, thanks to the consultancy they arranged a cab for me, when I reached there I came to know they have called in batches means one batch 8:30, next 10:30 then 12:30 and then 2:30, so almost 400 people are there and they have vacancy of around 30 people, so we reached at 12:30, they waited for presentation for around half n hour and after that they took a long 1 hr presentation, after that they gave us biryani and it was the good part and till now clock was already showing 2:30 and now they started the process, so they called 10 of us in a room and nobody showed up till 5:30, so it sucks and it was unprofessional. After that my interview started at 6 and ends at 6:15 and the interviewer didn't ask anything professionaly and it was just a formality to take the interview by then for interviewer.
And the best part while coming back from the same cab which dropped me to the hotel ,told me that "Sir, I was going to tell you the same in the morning, that you are wasting your time by going there because it is same for each and every candidate".
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One question on Design Pattern, Regex, some little coding question and nothing else
Straight forward, asked typical DSA style questions with some mental white boarding exercises. Interviewers were very nice and welcoming. Made me interested in the role. Would recommend to others. Had a total of 3 rounds.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at TIAA (Pune)
Interview
The interview process typically begins with an initial screening or recruiter discussion to assess role fit, experience, and expectations. This is followed by one or more technical interview rounds focusing on backend development skills, system design, problem-solving, and real-world scenario discussions. Candidates may be evaluated on coding fundamentals, architecture decisions, and their approach to scalability and reliability.
Subsequent rounds often include discussions with senior engineers or hiring managers to assess domain knowledge, collaboration, and alignment with team practices. The process may conclude with a managerial or cultural fit round before final selection.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to explain how Java handles concurrency and thread safety in a real production scenario, including synchronization, locks, and how to avoid performance bottlenecks.
Explain the difference between synchronized, ReentrantLock, and ReadWriteLock.
When would you choose one over the other?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at TIAA in Jan 2025
Interview
For selection process there was 3 rounds,
1] Online assessment
2] Technical Round
3] Tech + HR type Round
I cleared 1st technical round, 30 student selected for next round, Interview round was on the 21st jan 2025.
I will tell you my honest opinion, I had prepared myself based on People's reviews and interview experience (Reviews was saying that interview difficulty level is easy to moderate-easy) but this is not at all correct. In my interview they asked me Core java, all the data structure's Internal implementation(Such as hashmap, cocurrent hashmap, serialisatin and even deeper concept which i havent read seen in My engineering), Then about project's mentioned in my resume. Then they asked me some Medium level DSA questions such Buy stocks and sell, gas station question, then number of days between two dates code in c++. Then for some candidates they were asking puzzles also...So my Opinion is put the things in your resume that you have confidence about...and be confident while giving interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions are medium to difficult level, but Do the striver's DSA Sheet. The questions were from that sheet only