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TCS Senior Mainframe Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 20 Jun 2024

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (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 ...read more
2

HR Round (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

Senior Mainframe Developer Interview Questions

user image SivaRam Vadivelu

posted on 20 Jun 2024

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Jun 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write a program to reverse the string
  • Q2. Write a program to restart db2 transaction
2

HR Round (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

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 Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed before Jul 2020.

3 Interview Rounds

Interview Questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good

Interview questions from similar companies

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

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Mar 2024.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

It was a coding test consisting of 30 MCQ.

2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are the ways to pass data to COBOL through JCL?
  • Q2. Can data be moved from an alphanumeric to a signed numeric variable?
3

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is the reason for leaving the current organisation?
  • Q2. Have you ever faced any delicate situation where time-bound?

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Accenture Senior Mainframe Developer interview:
  • Cobol
  • JCL
  • Testing
  • UAT
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident. Do not try to circle the interviewee when you don't know the answer, just be honest.
You can try if you have good articulation skills.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Mar 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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2

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic COBOL questions and DB2 questions
  • Q2. Provided the answers accurately
3

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary expectation and DOJ
  • Q2. Answered accordingly

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Working with wipro is good. No high work load but you will not get much growth in the organisation if the team is big. Technical growth is also very minimal based on the work you have. Anyways if you are looking for stability and security then its a good choice
Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 -

I applied via Job Fair and was interviewed in Sep 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Diff between static and dynamic call
  • Q2. Diff between index and subscript
2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary discussion
  • Q2. Location discussion
Interview experience
3
 Average
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 Less than 2 weeks
Result
 No response

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jul 2024.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (4 Questions)

  • Q1. Job statement in JCL
  • Q2. Utility used to create a GDG.
  • Q3. Difference b/w COMP & COMP 3 along with scenario-based questions on this topic
  • Q4. CICS related question regarding CICS transactions and its life cycle.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please prepare and attend interviews.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Types of utilities in mainframe
  • Q2. Differentiate between Comp vs Comp3
2

HR Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. What is your salary expectation
  • Q2. What you want to leave your current organisation

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
 Good
Difficulty level
 Moderate
Duration
 4-6 weeks
Result
Selected  Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2024.

2 Interview Rounds

1

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Static call details,string handle
  • Q2. COBOL db2 bind deatail , null indicates
2

One-on-one Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Complex situations in project
  • Q2. How many people u lead

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good

Mainframe Developer Interview Questions

IBM user image Shraddha Singh

posted on 4 Sep 2024

Interview experience
5
 Excellent
Difficulty level
 -
Duration
 -
Result
 -

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (2 Questions)

  • Q1. Jobs / jcls/proc
  • Q2. Jobs/jcls/proc/cobol/db2/cics/mainframe technical questions

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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