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TCS Data Scientist Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 20 Dec 2024

Top TCS Data Scientist Interview Questions and Answers

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33 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I was interviewed in Dec 2022.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Optimization of ML algorithms, NLP project lifecycle, MLOPS related questions, Time Series questions
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Fitment interview, Get familiar with Big data tools before joining for better hold on projects

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Get your Basics right. Maths behind algorithms etc.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Identify geometric alorithm pattern
  • Ans. 

    Geometric algorithm patterns involve solving problems related to geometric shapes and structures.

    • Identifying and solving problems related to points, lines, angles, and shapes

    • Utilizing geometric formulas and theorems to find solutions

    • Examples include calculating area, perimeter, angles, and distances in geometric figures

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. If minimal data, which would you train for categorical prediction model?
  • Ans. 

    I would train a decision tree model as it can handle categorical data well with minimal data.

    • Decision tree models are suitable for categorical prediction with minimal data

    • They can handle both numerical and categorical data

    • Decision trees are easy to interpret and visualize

    • Examples: predicting customer churn, classifying spam emails

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Study fundamentals of ml algorithms and how the process geometrically

Skills evaluated in this interview

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About projects that I did
  • Ans. We should be completely aware of projects that we mention in the resume. Most of the questions will come from one of the projects that we did.
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. How does decision tree algorithm work, what is cross entropy..
  • Ans. 

    Decision tree algorithm is a tree-like model used for classification and regression. Cross entropy is a measure of the difference between two probability distributions.

    • Decision tree algorithm recursively splits the data into subsets based on the most significant attribute until a stopping criterion is met.

    • It is a popular algorithm for both classification and regression tasks.

    • Cross entropy is used as a loss function in ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - You should be good at projects that you did, that's it you can crack it easily..

Skills evaluated in this interview

Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

user image Akash Singh

posted on 8 Mar 2024

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Basics of Machine Learning
  • Q2. Basics of deep learning
  • Q3. Some python code

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

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Aptitude related to Machine learning

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

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is bias variance trade off
  • Ans. 

    Bias-variance trade off is the balance between underfitting and overfitting in machine learning models.

    • Bias refers to error from erroneous assumptions in the learning algorithm, leading to underfitting.

    • Variance refers to error from sensitivity to small fluctuations in the training set, leading to overfitting.

    • The trade off involves finding the right level of model complexity to minimize both bias and variance.

    • Regulariza...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Na

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What are your projects Explain one in brief

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and answer throughly. Keep you knowledge check.
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Statistics Probability questions K mean

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - tough Interview. Asked statistics question
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I was interviewed before Mar 2023.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What's the difference between k means and knn
  • Ans. 

    K-means is a clustering algorithm while KNN is a classification algorithm.

    • K-means is unsupervised learning, KNN is supervised learning

    • K-means partitions data into K clusters based on distance, KNN classifies data points based on similarity to K neighbors

    • K-means requires specifying the number of clusters (K), KNN requires specifying the number of neighbors (K)

    • Example: K-means can be used to group customers based on purc...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

There was details syllabus and couse cover

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

Around 20 people participating in o e gd

Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General information about you

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Do focus on project u are going for.also study about the company the general mathematics along with logical reasoning

TCS Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in TCS Data Scientist interview?
TCS interview process usually has 1-2 rounds. The most common rounds in the TCS interview process are Technical, One-on-one Round and Aptitude Test.
How to prepare for TCS Data Scientist interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at TCS. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at TCS expect are Data Science, Python, Machine Learning, SQL and R.
What are the top questions asked in TCS Data Scientist interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the TCS Data Scientist interview -

  1. How does decision tree algorithm work, what is cross entrop...read more
  2. If minimal data, which would you train for categorical prediction mod...read more
  3. How RNN handles exploding/vanishing Gradie...read more
How long is the TCS Data Scientist interview process?

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

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