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TCS Senior Mainframe Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 20 Jun 2024

TCS Senior Mainframe Developer Interview Experiences

3 interviews found

Interview experience
3
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Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write a program to reverse the string
  • Ans. 

    Program to reverse a string in mainframe development

    • Use a loop to iterate through the characters of the string

    • Swap the characters from start to end of the string

    • Repeat until the entire string is reversed

    • Example: INPUT: 'hello' OUTPUT: 'olleh'

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Write a program to restart db2 transaction
  • Ans. 

    Program to restart db2 transaction

    • Use the DB2 command 'START TRANSACTION' to restart a transaction

    • Make sure to handle any errors that may occur during the restart process

    • Consider implementing a retry mechanism in case the restart fails

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How will you manage the conflict of employees those who are reporting to you
  • Q2. There is less seat and how you will manage to provide seating to all resources reporting to you
  • Ans. 

    I would prioritize seating based on work requirements and schedule staggered shifts if necessary.

    • Prioritize seating based on work requirements and team dynamics

    • Implement staggered shifts to accommodate limited seating

    • Consider remote work options for some team members

    • Utilize shared workspaces or hot-desking to maximize seating capacity

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare self introduction and be confident to answer the question and to say you can give try when you don't know instead of saying i don't know

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Before interview just brush up the concepts and some interview questions. Basically everything they asked was some interview questions which is already in many sites. Scenario based was quite less. If you'...
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. HR are very much concerned about the hike %. How well you cleared the technical doesn't matter maximum hike they can offer is around 25 - 30%

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep a mindset that you'll get only 30% hike if you're okay with that then give a try

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Q5. Write a program to restart db2 transaction

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed before Jul 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Technically and motivation goal

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. In 1st round they asked aptitude questions And 2nd round was an technical hr interview in this they asked oops concepts and basic C programming

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Jul 2018. There were 2 interview rounds.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: HackerRank test

General Tips: First round was scheduled for 10:30 but i got late and reached 11:45 at location.
That was not a problem for them because first round was system interview so after waitinf for 10 minutes only i got my turn and i went for sytem test.
2 hacker rank questions were there so if you are going for Mindtree practice hackerrank question.
Skills: Problem Solving, Time Management
Duration: <1 week

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Spring IOC , bean scopes, Tomcat server questions , SpringBoot questions Dependency questions, Maven questions

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Questions Based on basic algorithm and Oops concept

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. In C# --> Abstraction, Interface , Abstract Method, Abstract Class, Polymorphisms, Encapsulation ,Inheritance, Serialization,
  • Ans. 

    C# concepts including abstraction, interface, abstract method, abstract class, polymorphism, encapsulation, inheritance, and serialization.

    • Abstraction: hiding implementation details

    • Interface: defining a contract for behavior

    • Abstract method: method without implementation

    • Abstract class: class with one or more abstract methods

    • Polymorphism: ability of objects to take on multiple forms

    • Encapsulation: bundling data and behavi...

  • Answered by AI

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Mar 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Yourself
  • Q2. How do you feel about working nights and weekends?
  • Q3. I will try to complete my tasks within weekdays effectively and efficiently to avoid weekand night work.
  • Q4. What is the difference b/w confidence and over confidence?

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Tech mahendra company is a very efficent work hard and if you have a growth of employees skills and sincearly work hard

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed before Dec 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

3 Questions

  • Q1. Basic Programming questions.
  • Q2. Fibonacci program
  • Q3. OOPS concepts.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare basic OOPS concepts and basic programs.

TCS Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in TCS Senior Mainframe Developer interview?
TCS interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the TCS interview process are Technical and HR.
How to prepare for TCS Senior Mainframe Developer 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 Cics, Cobol, JCL, Db2 and Mainframes.
What are the top questions asked in TCS Senior Mainframe Developer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the TCS Senior Mainframe Developer interview -

  1. There is less seat and how you will manage to provide seating to all resources ...read more
  2. Write a program to restart db2 transact...read more
  3. Write a program to reverse the str...read more

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