Upload Button Icon Add office photos
Engaged Employer

i

This company page is being actively managed by TCS Team. If you also belong to the team, you can get access from here

TCS Verified Tick

Compare button icon Compare button icon Compare
3.7

based on 85.3k Reviews

Filter interviews by

TCS Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 9 Jan 2025

Top TCS Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. What is spring boot , annotations used in spring boot? Validation done in spring boot
  • Q2. list data structure, how Map works, what is advantage of Java, Sorting algorithm, how will reverse string using Java
  • Q3. What are the State management libraries other than redux
View all 50 questions

TCS Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

59 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
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 tips
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Program to sort array

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is react and redux
  • Ans. 

    React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. Redux is a predictable state container for JavaScript apps.

    • React is used for building reusable UI components

    • Redux is used for managing the state of the application

    • React and Redux are often used together in web development

    • React uses a virtual DOM to efficiently update the UI

    • Redux follows a unidirectional data flow pattern

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - keep learning

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before Oct 2022.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic technical plus practical work related approach towards any problem.
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Seeing the mental willingness and ambitions.

Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions Asked at Other Companies

asked in UST
Q1. Find Nth PrimeYou are given a number 'N'. Your task is to find Nt ... read more
asked in Capgemini
Q2. Pascal's TriangleYou are given an integer N. Your task is to retu ... read more
Q3. K Largest Elements You are given with an integer k and an array o ... read more
asked in GlobalLogic
Q4. System Design QuestionCreate a simple shopping application. They ... read more
asked in Info Edge
Q5. Buy and Sell StockYou are Harshad Mehta’s friend. He told you the ... read more

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in May 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Few questions on Basic of react JS, Hooks, basic JS like temporal dead zone, scope
  • Q2. Questions on GIT and GIT HUB, Merges, Commits, Squash
  • Q3. Scrum related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for TCS Senior Software Engineer interview:
  • React.Js
  • Javascript
  • Scrum
  • GIT
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was a telephonic interview and only the theoretical questions were asked.
The problem was that i was not given any feedback related to my interview
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Telephone call single questions on Java, spring boot, Kafka
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on DSA

TCS interview questions for designations

 Senior Software Engineer Testing

 (2)

 Senior Software Test Engineer

 (1)

 Senior Software Engineer 2

 (1)

 Senior Embedded Software Engineer

 (1)

 Software Engineer

 (438)

 Senior QA Engineer -Software Testing

 (1)

 Senior Software Developer

 (13)

 Senior Software Tester

 (1)

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jun 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salesforce Developer went good . Toughness 3/5.
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Only Package discussion is done.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Intially after discussing expected CTC, first round of interview was done on July 6th. On July 7th i got a mail saying i was selected and to upload documents. And later that day i had Compensation discussion. I asked for 50% hike but she told max she can do is 40% and if she dont get approval for 50% we can re negotiate. Later after 2 weeks on july 21st hr told that expected is high and hence rejected. No re negotiation nothing. Waste of my time and expectations.

Get interview-ready with Top TCS Interview Questions

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Aug 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
View all tips
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java basics, oops, multi threading
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary expectations, location etc.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be yourself. Interviewers are good there. They make u feel comfortable.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Jan 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. SQL and Unix questions
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. SQL and Unix questions
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Current role and responsibilities
Round 4 - Client Interview 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Current Roles and responsibilities
Round 5 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary expectation

Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Pushpendra Yadav

posted on 31 Mar 2022

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. First telephonic and then two round were technical. Interviewer basically focus on basic concept of Java, your project details specially where you use OOP's concept in your project and what is your role un...
  • Q2. Method Hiding, Java 8 new features and there uses in your project Why String is immutable Fail safe and fail fast @controller vs @RestController
  • Ans. 

    Questions on Java concepts and features

    • Method hiding is when a subclass defines a method with the same name as a method in the superclass, hiding the superclass method

    • Java 8 introduced features like lambda expressions, streams, and default methods

    • String is immutable in Java to ensure security, thread safety, and performance

    • Fail safe iterators create a copy of the collection and iterate over it, while fail fast iterator...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be calm and cool and give your best and always focus on basics and you must have better understanding of your project in which you currently assign.
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why String is immutable? Spring boot annotations and it's used? Internal working of hashmap? Arraylist and Linked list? REST APIs and it's methods?
  • Ans. 

    Explaining immutability of String and other software engineering concepts

    • String is immutable to ensure thread safety and prevent unintended modification

    • Spring boot annotations simplify configuration and reduce boilerplate code

    • Hashmap uses hashing to store and retrieve key-value pairs efficiently

    • Arraylist and Linked list are both used to store collections of objects, but have different performance characteristics

    • REST AP...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn practically not theoretical.
Geeksforgeeks.
Javatpoint.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

Interview Questionnaire 

21 Questions

  • Q1.  1st round of interview was telephonic and was of only 20 mins
  • Q2. Diff bet class and functional components
  • Ans. 

    Class components are ES6 classes while functional components are functions.

    • Class components have state and lifecycle methods while functional components don't.

    • Functional components are simpler and easier to read and test.

    • Functional components are preferred for simple UI components while class components are used for complex UI components.

    • Example of class component: class MyComponent extends React.Component {}

    • Example of...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Hooks in react
  • Ans. 

    Hooks are a feature in React that allow functional components to have state and lifecycle methods.

    • Hooks were introduced in React 16.8

    • useState is a hook that allows functional components to have state

    • useEffect is a hook that allows functional components to have lifecycle methods

    • Custom hooks can be created to reuse stateful logic across components

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Fetch API in react
  • Ans. 

    Fetch API is a built-in web API in modern browsers used to make HTTP requests from the browser to the server.

    • Fetch API is used to make asynchronous HTTP requests from the browser to the server.

    • It returns a Promise that resolves to the Response object representing the response to the request.

    • It can be used with React to fetch data from an API and update the state of a component.

    • Fetch API can be used with different HTTP ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q5. Diff bet componentDidMount and componentWillMount
  • Ans. 

    componentDidMount is called after the component is mounted while componentWillMount is called before the component is mounted.

    • componentDidMount is used for fetching data from APIs and updating the state

    • componentWillMount is used for setting the initial state and making preparations for rendering

    • componentDidMount is called once while componentWillMount is called multiple times

    • componentDidMount is used for DOM manipulati...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q6. Strict modes in react
  • Ans. 

    Strict mode is a feature in React that helps with debugging and identifying potential issues.

    • Enables additional checks and warnings during development

    • Helps identify unsafe code and deprecated features

    • Can be enabled globally or for specific components

    • Example:

  • Answered by AI
  • Q7. 2nd technical interview was taken by panel of 2 people for 35-45 mins
  • Q8. Diff bet state and props
  • Ans. 

    State is mutable data owned by a component, while props are immutable data passed to a component.

    • State can be changed by the component itself, while props cannot be changed by the component

    • State is used to store data that can change over time, while props are used to pass data from parent to child components

    • State is initialized in the constructor of a component, while props are passed down from the parent component

    • Exam...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q9. Redux flow data
  • Q10. Styled library components
  • Q11. Have you worked on bootstrap
  • Ans. 

    Yes, I have worked on Bootstrap extensively.

    • I have used Bootstrap to create responsive and mobile-first web pages.

    • I have utilized Bootstrap's grid system, components, and utilities to design and develop web applications.

    • I have customized Bootstrap's CSS and JavaScript to meet specific project requirements.

    • I have integrated Bootstrap with other front-end frameworks and libraries such as React and jQuery.

    • I have also cont...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q12. Security tools for react application
  • Ans. 

    Security tools for React applications

    • Use ESLint and Prettier to enforce code quality and security standards

    • Implement authentication and authorization using libraries like Passport.js and JSON Web Tokens

    • Use security-focused libraries like Helmet to secure HTTP headers

    • Implement input validation and sanitization using libraries like Joi and DOMPurify

    • Use HTTPS to encrypt data in transit

    • Implement rate limiting and other sec...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q13. Where you wanna reach within 2-3 years?
  • Q14. What are the certifications you have done?
  • Q15. What you have learned new within last 2-3 weeks?
  • Q16. How will you rate yourself in react, HTML, css, js out of 5?
  • Ans. 

    I would rate myself 4 out of 5 in React, HTML, CSS, and JS.

    • I have extensive experience in developing web applications using React, HTML, CSS, and JS.

    • I have worked on several projects that involved building complex UI components using React.

    • I am proficient in writing clean and maintainable code using HTML, CSS, and JS.

    • I am familiar with modern front-end development tools and frameworks such as Redux, Webpack, and Babel.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q17. Flexible with location
  • Ans. 

    Yes, I am flexible with location and willing to relocate if required.

    • I am open to working remotely or on-site

    • I am willing to relocate for the right opportunity

    • I have experience working with remote teams

  • Answered by AI
  • Q18. Axios in reactJs
  • Ans. 

    Axios is a promise-based HTTP client for making API requests in ReactJs.

    • Axios is used to make HTTP requests from the client-side in ReactJs

    • It supports all modern browsers and can be used with Node.js

    • Axios can be used to make GET, POST, PUT, DELETE requests and more

    • It can also handle request and response interceptors for global error handling and authentication

    • Axios can be installed using npm or yarn

  • Answered by AI
  • Q19. Why you wanna change the organization?
  • Q20. What are the State management libraries other than redux
  • Ans. 

    State management libraries other than Redux

    • MobX - simple and scalable state management

    • Flux - unidirectional data flow architecture

    • Vuex - state management for Vue.js

    • Apollo Client - state management for GraphQL

    • React Context API - built-in state management for React

    • Recoil - experimental state management library for React

    • XState - state management for finite state machines

  • Answered by AI
  • Q21. SetState is synchronous or asynchronous
  • Ans. 

    setState is asynchronous

    • setState schedules an update to a component's state

    • The update may not happen immediately, but will be batched and executed later

    • This can lead to unexpected behavior if not handled properly

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be honest and confident while answering the questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

TCS Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in TCS Senior Software Engineer interview?
TCS interview process usually has 2 rounds. The most common rounds in the TCS interview process are Technical, Resume Shortlist and HR.
How to prepare for TCS Senior Software Engineer 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 Perl, SQL, Apache, C# and C++.
What are the top questions asked in TCS Senior Software Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the TCS Senior Software Engineer interview -

  1. What is spring boot , annotations used in spring boot? Validation done in sprin...read more
  2. list data structure, how Map works, what is advantage of Java, Sorting algorith...read more
  3. What are the State management libraries other than red...read more
How long is the TCS Senior Software Engineer interview process?

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

Tell us how to improve this page.

TCS Senior Software Engineer Interview Process

based on 29 interviews in last 1 year

2 Interview rounds

  • Technical Round 1
  • Technical Round 2
View more

People are getting interviews through

based on 36 TCS interviews
Job Portal
Company Website
WalkIn
Referral
53%
8%
8%
8%
23% candidates got the interview through other sources.
High Confidence
?
High Confidence means the data is based on a large number of responses received from the candidates.
TCS Senior Software Engineer Salary
based on 5.7k salaries
₹6 L/yr - ₹22 L/yr
7% less than the average Senior Software Engineer Salary in India
View more details

TCS Senior Software Engineer Reviews and Ratings

based on 282 reviews

3.6/5

Rating in categories

3.5

Skill development

3.7

Work-Life balance

2.9

Salary & Benefits

4.2

Job Security

3.5

Company culture

2.7

Promotions/Appraisal

3.4

Work Satisfaction

Explore 282 Reviews and Ratings
System Engineer
1.1L salaries
unlock blur

₹1 L/yr - ₹9 L/yr

IT Analyst
67.7k salaries
unlock blur

₹5.1 L/yr - ₹16 L/yr

AST Consultant
51k salaries
unlock blur

₹8 L/yr - ₹25 L/yr

Assistant System Engineer
31.3k salaries
unlock blur

₹2.2 L/yr - ₹5.6 L/yr

Associate Consultant
28.6k salaries
unlock blur

₹8.9 L/yr - ₹32 L/yr

Explore more salaries
Compare TCS with

Amazon

4.1
Compare

Wipro

3.7
Compare

Infosys

3.7
Compare

Accenture

3.9
Compare

Calculate your in-hand salary

Confused about how your in-hand salary is calculated? Enter your annual salary (CTC) and get your in-hand salary
Did you find this page helpful?
Yes No
write
Share an Interview