I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at TIAA in Aug 2018
Interview
Initially there was an aptitude test where the questions were of easy medium type and 2 coding questions . After 2-3 days they shortlisted 70 students for further round. There where total four rounds out of which first was group activity then first technical round,then second technical round and the last was managerial round which took the entire day. People were eliminated at each round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly regarding my resume. Various data structure algorithms, about my projects, OOp concepts.
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