I applied through other source. I interviewed at TCS (Pune) in Feb 2026
Interview
A 30-minute technical round and a 30-minute Managing Director (MD) round are highly standard formats. These short lengths indicate that previous evaluation steps were successful and senior stakeholders are looking to quickly confirm your core knowledge, assess your cultural fit, and make a fast hiring decision
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When assessing claims that Project Insight (the strategic PPM platform) or general AI project insights are exaggerated, the primary driver is often an overreliance on subjective estimations or AI "hallucinations" rather than hard data. Organizations can mitigate this inflation through several practical steps
It went smoothly but at last no replies and felt off. No comms from their side , I wrote 1-2 cold emails to companies as well as hrs but I don't know what went wrong . I hope this is kept anonymous.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at TCS (Pune) in Feb 2026
Interview
It was a short process , but didnt get any call back .
The panel was adamant on not-accepting I felt. The transparency aspect can be better. Whether its a pass or reject , it should be responsibility of the panel to communicate that to the candidate
Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at TCS with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Data Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 22%
Background check: 22%
Skills test: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
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