Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Tata Consultancy Services with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 42 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Tata Consultancy Services overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Tata Consultancy Services as a Software Engineer according to 42 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 20%
Skills test: 13%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Phone interview: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 3%
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I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2016
Interview
First Round was behavior interview. They focused on how I can handle teamwork, new technology for any project that I have done so far. They wanted to know my short and long term plan. They liked to understand what kind of functional I enjoy the most.
Second Round was technical interview with software engineering guy.Most questions were about Jave (OOP), and beside that were SQL, C, C++, HTML5 and CSS3.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the concept of OOP? (Focus on Inheritance)
How do you make "Chess" game?
What is the difference between Java and C++
What is the difference between global and local variable in C?
What is the relationship between HTML5 and CSS3?
How many ways can you use CSS3 ?
I interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services (Coimbatore South)
Interview
Evaluation is based not only on technical skills but also grooming, communication, confidence, attitude, body language, professionalism, teamwork, and overall personality, ensuring the candidate is suitable for real workplace environments and expectations.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services (Chennai)
Interview
First we have to cleared the TCS ION test. If you can able to solve both the coding questions then you can eligible for the Prime role. The interview was quite easy. The interviewer was made me comfortable. The offer letter was issued within a week.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services (Chennai) in Jul 2026
Interview
The interview was comparatively easy. Most of the questions were basic and directly related to the topics mentioned on the resume. The interviewer focused on verifying whether the candidate genuinely understood the technologies and projects they had listed, rather than asking advanced or unexpected questions. They asked fundamental questions such as explaining projects, the technologies used, design decisions, basic programming concepts, and core computer science subjects relevant to the resume. There were very few trick questions. If you have a clear understanding of everything you've included on your resume and can explain it confidently with examples, you should be well prepared. The key is to avoid listing skills or technologies that you cannot explain in detail, because the interviewer may ask follow-up questions on any item mentioned in your resume.