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TCS Associate Systems Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 10 Mar 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

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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

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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

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

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Logical, coding questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Coding, computer science questions

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Q2. What is inheritance and what are their types? Explain them.
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Q3. What are polymorphism, abstraction, and encapsulation?
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Q4. From Java 1. What is class and object? 2. Describe OOPS concept 3 ... read more
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Q5. What are the types of clouds?
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Easy test

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Medium coding round

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. He took my introduction then asked about my hobbie and project....these are basic question that enery interviewer asks
  • Q2. Asked questions on python oops html css

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - response is too late i gave interview in December 2021 but its april 2022 and still i have got no response
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

I found NQT as easy, if we have coding and aptitude knowledge we can clear it

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical and HR rounds are done together. Its face to face and a panel of 3 people.

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

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Data Structures
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Scenario Based Questions were asked
  • Q2. Related to company

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before May 2023.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Write query to find leap year
  • Ans. 

    Query to find leap year in SQL

    • Use modulo operator (%) to check if year is divisible by 4

    • If year is divisible by 100, also check if it is divisible by 400

    • Return years that meet both conditions as leap years

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Mar 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 

Go through the syllabus of companies study them and pratice more questions

Round 3 - Coding Test 

Use online platform for more pratice improve your algo

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Be confident, prepare on the project you mentioned in resume

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Pratice more and more questions introduction is also most important part for interview . In 2 minutes you have to explain your character to intervier. So make it good

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

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

I took classes for aptitude reasoning

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Coding also in the 1st round only i know C better so i gave the attempt with some practice

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. In the technical interview they asked me about java concepts as i was from CSE background they asked oops, a logic for a swapping problem without using 3rd variable and some more
  • Q2. 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 between delete and truncate? And ...
  • Ans. 

    Questions on OOPs concepts, inheritance, mutable in Java, memory allocation functions, and difference between delete and truncate.

    • Inheritance is a mechanism in OOPs where a class can inherit properties and methods from another class.

    • Java supports single inheritance but not multiple inheritance.

    • Mutable in Java refers to objects whose state can be modified after creation.

    • Malloc and calloc are memory allocation functions ...

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  • Q3. In HR round they asked me self intro, am i willing to relocate or not and general questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be thorough with everything,practice more, be confident, learn 2 core subjects and a programming language for technical round
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Generate codes for billing

Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Favourite Subject, Specific chapter explanation

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2022. There were 2 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 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me something about yourself
  • Q2. How much ctc did you expect
  • Q3. Why did i hire you

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for TCS Associate Systems Engineer interview:
  • Why you go for particular job.
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Improve technical and IT skills.like c,c++,python,java,sql,css,java script,html etc.

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.
What are the top questions asked in TCS Associate Systems Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the TCS Associate Systems Engineer interview -

  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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TCS Associate Systems Engineer Interview Process

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4 Interview rounds

  • Aptitude Test Round
  • Technical Round - 1
  • Technical Round - 2
  • HR Round
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