I applied online. I interviewed at TCS (Bhubaneshwar) in Apr 2026
Interview
HR, MR, TR held on the same day. Approx 30min for all 3. MR was held in parallel to TR and in the HR round I was basically only asked whether I would be comfortable to relocated pan india.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a constructor?
What are the different types of constructor?
Write code snippet for a copy constructor.
What is an inline function?
What is a lambda function [python]?
What is the difference between final and finally? What is finally used for?
What are the different types on static variable?
Explain encapsulation? What are scope variables?
I applied through online. And it took nearly 6 to 12 months for the whole process. It was nice experience and interview was easy and they asked about project and there was an nqt test initially before interview
Face to face, prepare accordingly with good hands-on knowledge and coding skills. Also good knowledge on projects if mentioned in the resume.
Practice DSA, system design and that'd be enough.
On campus priority NQT
Solve 2 coding qn and get prime interview. Try to solve atleast 10 test cases . Interview will be mostly on java oops, spring boot , sql
Systems Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at TCS with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Systems Engineer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 18 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 Systems Engineer according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 20%
Background check: 16%
Personality test: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Phone interview: 2%
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