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TCS Assistant System Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 8 Jan 2025

Top TCS Assistant System Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Constellation Given a matrix ‘UNIVERSE’ with 3 rows and ‘N’ columns, with the characters { # , * , . } and these characters represent a cluster of stars and galaxies in s ...read more
  • Q2. Game in Space Ninja is in space with his super spaceship having unlimited fuel. Ninja initially has a health level ‘H’ and his spaceship has an armour ‘A’. He decides to ...read more
  • Q3. Given a string S(input consisting) of ‘*’ and ‘#’. The length of the string is variable. The task is to find the minimum number of ‘*’ or ‘#’ to make it a ...read more
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TCS Assistant System Engineer Interview Experiences

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I applied via campus placement at Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam and was interviewed before Sep 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions based on my skills mentioned in resume
  • Q2. What is encapsulation
  • Ans. 

    Encapsulation is the process of hiding implementation details and exposing only necessary information.

    • Encapsulation is a fundamental concept in object-oriented programming.

    • It helps in achieving data abstraction and information hiding.

    • It allows for better control over the data and prevents unauthorized access.

    • Encapsulation is achieved through the use of access modifiers such as public, private, and protected.

    • For example...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. About my btech project
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Are you able to relocate and work with night shifts

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please learn basics of your skills you mentioned in resume

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Sep 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

First round of most of the shortlist was with aptitude and coding test in TCS massive recruitment. If you have some more aptitude skills you can crack the selection process without coding also.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. There will be an interview scheduled after passing the first round , which include HR round and technical, may be both will be scheduled in a single call or in seperate, for technical for freshers the ques...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Better have some overall idea on the latest trends and latest versions of the applications frameworks , programming language versions , cloud services and it's versions , databases.

Assistant System Engineer Interview Questions Asked at Other Companies

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Q3. Given a string S(input consisting) of ‘*’ and ‘#’. The le ... read more
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Q4. Prime Time AgainYou have been given two integers ‘DAY_HOURS’ and ... read more
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I applied via campus placement at Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata and was interviewed before Jan 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude test on basic knowledge

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Basic coding was given to us. Fivonnacci palindrome

Round 4 - Group Discussion 

Basic general discussion. Nothing extraordinary

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just be yourself. It's okay. Be practical. Be confident

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Feb 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 
Round 2 - Coding Test 
Round 3 - One-on-one 
Round 4 - HR 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Why should we hire you?
  • Q2. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
  • Q3. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • Q4. Tell me about yourself.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Always be prepared and confident enough to be yourself in front of panelists

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Some queries about SQL

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I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Asked Aptitude(intermediate level), reasoning... and Coding

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Introduce urself? Explain ur project? Write a logic for pyramid pattern?
  • Ans. 

    I am a candidate for Assistant System Engineer position. I have experience in project development and can write a logic for pyramid pattern.

    • My name is [Name] and I have [Number] years of experience in [Field].

    • I recently worked on a project where I developed a [Project Description].

    • To create a pyramid pattern, I would start with a loop to iterate through the number of rows.

    • Within the loop, I would create another loop to...

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Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Introduce urself? Why ur grade is keep on decreasing in engg? Which music u like the most? Why did u choose engg as ur career? Why TCS? who is current CEO of TCS? Relocation/Night shifts ok for u?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Chill man.. no worries..
Prepare aptitude well,
For freshers u just need basic coding handson.
And interview is very easy clear..

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Jun 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

General quant, reasoning, English and 2 coding questions were asked. Not so difficult to crack the first round.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tech and HR questions were discussed here. One advice from my side, "be yourself", do not be overconfident.
  • Q2. Why TCS? Tell me something about yourself? Some scenario based questions. Pointers in C. Oops questions.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be yourself. Don't be over confident. Do not try to act smart. Tell whatever you know. Don't tell rubbish answers.

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posted on 16 Nov 2021

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jan 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Introduce yourself, tell me about your project, basic questions on c language, swapping program without using the third variable, what is an array, what is memory allocation.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - speak confidently, don't me hesitated

Assistant System Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 13 Jul 2022

I applied via Nextstep.tcs.com and was interviewed before Jul 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

General Entrance exam

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. C , c++, Java and other your hot skills
  • Q2. Oops concepts, pointer ,classes ,SDLC

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on Basic coding rather than vast things

TCS Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in TCS Assistant System Engineer interview?
TCS interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the TCS interview process are Aptitude Test, Technical and HR.
What are the top questions asked in TCS Assistant System Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the TCS Assistant System Engineer interview -

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  2. What is linklist ? Write a code to insert a node at the beginning of lis...read more
  3. What are local variable and global variables? and their default values and prog...read more
How long is the TCS Assistant System Engineer interview process?

The duration of TCS Assistant System Engineer interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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TCS Assistant System Engineer Interview Process

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  • Technical Round
  • HR Round 1
  • HR Round 2
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