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TCS Associate Systems Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 25 Jan 2025

Top TCS Associate Systems Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Tell about oops concepts What is inheritance? Is multiple inheritance possible in java? What is mutable in java? What is the function of malloc, calloc etc? Difference be ...read more
  • Q2. Difference between c and c++ What is pointer? Introduction Why tcs? your role in project?
  • Q3. What is Java and how itis best language and what are the benefits of the language
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TCS Associate Systems Engineer Interview Experiences

63 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jun 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 

Its 3hours test including all aptitude and 2coding questions

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1.Intro of me, 2.About college life 3.about final year project
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Intro, relocate or not

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Confident about what your saying and thorough with topics mentioned in resume
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Easy to moderate level it depends on your speed and processing them

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Easy to moderate level I have faced Through solving atleast one question you can able to get interview call

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basic interview questions and basic coding in order to succeed in interview

Associate Systems Engineer Interview Questions Asked at Other Companies

asked in IBM
Q1. Given string/sentence need to be reversed and the vowels need to ... read more
asked in IBM
Q2. What is inheritance and what are their types? Explain them.
asked in IBM
Q3. What are polymorphism, abstraction, and encapsulation?
asked in IBM
Q4. From Java 1. What is class and object? 2. Describe OOPS concept 3 ... read more
asked in IBM
Q5. What are the types of clouds?

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Apr 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

DSA RELATED QUESTIONS from leetcode medium to hard level problem

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Computer fundamental and new technology questions
  • Q2. Some standard DSA questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Ambitionbox provide good feedback of companies and good question asked in interview and assessment round
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Numerical,logical and general

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Simple coding question.

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. And basic question in C since I was from mechanical background
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Just tell me about yourself and document verification.

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Nov 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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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 

It consists of questions we need to get cutoff

Round 3 - Coding Test 

3 coding questions atleast one need to be answered perfectly

Round 4 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Asked about technicals , Java language and python questions it went about 1 hour
  • Q2. What is Java and how itis best language and what are the benefits of the language
  • Ans. 

    Java is a high-level programming language known for its portability, security, and versatility.

    • Java is platform-independent, meaning it can run on any device with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

    • It is known for its strong security features, such as automatic memory management and built-in exception handling.

    • Java is versatile, with a wide range of applications including web development, mobile apps, and enterprise software...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Explain about inheritance?
  • Ans. 

    Inheritance is a concept in object-oriented programming where a class can inherit attributes and methods from another class.

    • Allows a class to inherit attributes and methods from another class

    • Promotes code reusability and reduces redundancy

    • Creates a parent-child relationship between classes

    • Derived class can access all public and protected members of the base class

    • Example: Class 'Car' can inherit from class 'Vehicle'

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Explain about method overloading?
  • Ans. 

    Method overloading is when multiple methods in a class have the same name but different parameters.

    • Allows a class to have multiple methods with the same name but different parameters

    • Parameters can differ in number, type, or order

    • Compile-time polymorphism

    • Example: void print(int a), void print(int a, int b)

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident
Be precise
If you dont no answer said no formally
Don't worry

Skills evaluated in this interview

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I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jul 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 

Basics and easy but attempt fast.

Round 3 - Coding Test 

2 coding first one is easy and second little bit hard.

Round 4 - Interview 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. They will ask basics questions from your resume.
  • Q2. Difference between c and c++ What is pointer? Introduction Why tcs? your role in project?
  • Ans. 

    Difference between C and C++, pointer definition and usage

    • C++ is an object-oriented language while C is procedural

    • C++ supports function overloading and templates while C does not

    • Pointers are variables that store memory addresses

    • Pointers are used for dynamic memory allocation and passing parameters by reference

    • Example: int *ptr; // declares a pointer to an integer variable

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for TCS Associate Systems Engineer interview:
  • Project
  • Introduction
  • Technical Skills
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - One thing common about that everyone will advise that be confident during interview don't be nervous. So fall that. And if you don't know any answer simple tell "sorry sir/mam I don't know this question".

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Dec 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.
View all Resume tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

English, code - simple and complex

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Code, logic, technical terms
  • Q2. Code or logic to blink red and blue bulb alternatively
  • Ans. 

    Code to blink red and blue bulb alternatively

    • Use a loop to alternate between turning on and off the red and blue bulbs

    • Use a delay function to control the timing of the blinking

    • Toggle the state of the bulbs using a boolean variable

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Introduction, passion towards job, concerns

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Sep 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

I applied through NQT. Apti Test+2 coding qs.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic question regarding project, college exp, Java 8 feature, set vs map, OOPS!
  • Q2. Explain Java 8 Feature
  • Ans. 

    Java 8 introduced several new features including lambda expressions, functional interfaces, streams, and default methods.

    • Lambda expressions allow you to pass functionality as an argument to a method.

    • Functional interfaces have a single abstract method and can be used with lambda expressions.

    • Streams provide a way to work with sequences of elements efficiently.

    • Default methods allow interfaces to have method implementation...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Explain diff -- Set vs Map
  • Ans. 

    Set and Map are both data structures in Java, but Set stores unique elements while Map stores key-value pairs.

    • Set does not allow duplicate elements, while Map allows duplicate values but not duplicate keys.

    • In Set, elements are stored in an unordered manner, while in Map, key-value pairs are stored.

    • Example: Set set = new HashSet<>(); Map map = new HashMap<>();

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. OOPs full concept--all 4 points, class, obj
  • Q5. Describe the project in 5 min
  • Ans. 

    Developed a web-based inventory management system for a retail company

    • Used Java and Spring framework for backend development

    • Implemented responsive design using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for frontend

    • Integrated with third-party APIs for payment processing and order tracking

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I appeared for Java. I was asked from Java 8 & OOPS

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Online proctored aptitude test

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on DSA, OOP terminologies, etc
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Situational questions based on the discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be yourself and answer confidently
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is inheritance?
  • Ans. 

    Inheritance is a mechanism in object-oriented programming where a new class is created by inheriting properties of an existing class.

    • Inheritance allows for code reuse and promotes a hierarchical organization of classes.

    • The existing class is called the superclass or parent class, while the new class is called the subclass or child class.

    • The subclass inherits all the properties and methods of the superclass, and can also...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. What is bubble sort?
  • Ans. 

    Bubble sort is a simple sorting algorithm that repeatedly steps through the list, compares adjacent elements and swaps them if they are in the wrong order.

    • Bubble sort is a comparison-based algorithm.

    • It works by comparing each pair of adjacent elements and swapping them if they are in the wrong order.

    • It has a worst-case and average-case time complexity of O(n^2).

    • Example: [5, 3, 8, 4, 2] -> [3, 5, 4, 2, 8] -> [3, 4, 2, 5

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Solve quickly its easy. Thers are some tough questions which u should know to ignore.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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TCS Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in TCS Associate Systems Engineer interview?
TCS interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the TCS interview process are Technical, Aptitude Test and Coding Test.
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  1. Tell about oops concepts What is inheritance? Is multiple inheritance possible...read more
  2. Difference between c and c++ What is pointer? Introduction Why tcs? your role i...read more
  3. What is Java and how itis best language and what are the benefits of the langua...read more
How long is the TCS Associate Systems Engineer interview process?

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

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