Graduate Engineer Trainee applicants have rated the interview process at Tata Consultancy Services with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Engineer Trainee roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Tata Consultancy Services overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Tata Consultancy Services as a Graduate Engineer Trainee according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 29%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Skills test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Presentation: 7%
Drug test: 7%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services (Chennai) in Jul 2018
Interview
The first round was a 3 hr test which tested us on sections such as aptitude, verbal, agility, coding, lateral thinking and the like. Out of 300+ students who attended the first round, 29 were selected for the second and final round which was the interview.
The interview consisted of questions about our interests and projects we had worked on earlier. HR and technical interviews were covered in a single round by a panel of 3 people. They were not very encouraging and kept stating that the interview was to identify the people who were extremely proficient.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Would you shift to Baroda if this job was offered to you?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services (Multi) in Jan 2026
Interview
I first attended a technical interview where they asked questions from my CV and some SQL queries. Then I moved on to HR, which was normal chit chat
as long as you can formulate sentences easily you are good to go.
I interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services (Hyderābād)
Interview
This was for a fresher role. TCS came to our campus for hiring. They first conducted online test called TCS NQT and this test was taken in their office not from home. The selected candidates went through a verification process where CGPA, certificates and other verification was done. After that in the interview, they asked about the final year project and some counter questions. Then they asked simple DSA questions and then Java questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the OOP concepts?
Explain the use of final keyword?
Explain about your final year project.