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TCS System Engineer Interview Questions, Process, and Tips for Freshers

Updated 8 Dec 2024

Top TCS System Engineer Interview Questions and Answers for Freshers

  • Q1. Who Won the Election??? Elections are going on, and there are two candidates A and B, contesting with each other. There is a queue of voters and in this queue, some of th ...read more
  • Q2. Mirror String You are given a string S containing only uppercase English characters. Find whether S is the same as its reflection in the mirror. For Example, S = “AMAMA” ...read more
  • Q3. Cycle Detection in a Singly Linked List You have given a Singly Linked List of integers, determine if it forms a cycle or not. A cycle occurs when a node's next points ba ...read more
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System Engineer Interview Questions

user image PrepInsta

posted on 17 Nov 2021

I applied via campus placement at Anna University and was interviewed in Feb 2022.

2 Interview Rounds

1

written Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 180 minutes
Numerical, Verbal, reasoning, Programming and hands-on-coding
The questions were multiple choice questions related to aptitude, logical and verbal ability.

  • Q1. 2 coding questions were given.
2

Technical Round (10 Questions)

Round duration - 20 minutes
This was a one to one interview round where I was asked questions related to my resume, coding, managerial and personality

  • Q1. Introduce yourself
  • Q2. DSA
  • Q3. OOPS
  • Q4. Circuit Diagram
  • Q5. Some definitions related to my core subjects
  • Q6. Why should we hire you?
  • Q7. Why do you want to join TCS?
  • Q8. Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?
  • Q9. Suppose you are a team leader and your team members are not efficient, what will you do so that they perform efficiently.
  • Q10. What will you do if you get selected with us and then get placed in some other company?

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundAt the time of the interview, I had 0 Years (fresher) of experience. My academic qualification is B.E. from Anna University.TCS Ninja interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Coding questions from PrepInsta's Top 100 Codes. Some technical questions related to ECE.Resources to prepare for this interview - I had always consulted my seniors for placement preparation. So they suggested multiple platforms for this preparation, but I found Prepinsta to be best. Their content, teaching and practice questions are everything that one needs to achieve great placements.Tips for other job seekers - I would advise everyone to be thorough with the concepts and confident about it at the time of
interview. If you are not aware about the question do not cook up your stories simply and honestly tell
them you are not knowing the same. The interviewers are frank and understanding.Final outcome of the interviewAwaiting Outcome

System Engineer Interview Questions

user image Satisfying Gaming

posted on 15 Oct 2022

2 Interview Rounds

1

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Pointer Types of pointer Far pointer Near pointer null pointer Void pointer Arrays and multidimensional arrays Dynamic memory allocation Inheritance Manipulator...read more
2

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself About your project Working in night shifts Reallocation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well above all questions
These are very important questions

Get interview-ready with top interview questions

System Engineer Interview Questions

user image pallavi lokare

posted on 25 Oct 2024

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

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Oct 2023.

2 Interview Rounds

1

Aptitude Test Round

Basic aptitude question

2

Coding Test Round

Java c language QuATIONS

System Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 8 Feb 2024

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

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Feb 2023.

5 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

2 codes should be solved out of 2

2

Aptitude Test Round

Total 50 aptitude and reasoning and English

3

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Usually questions asked technical questions
4

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Hr round contains normal commons HR questions
5

Behavioral Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Manager questions contains behavioral questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well

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System Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 29 Mar 2024

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

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Mar 2023.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round

Hackathon coding one easy and one hard

2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Interview was easy, asked to write fiblnacci series in java, and basic java questions
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked regarding agile methodology

System Engineer Interview Questions

user image Anonymous

posted on 14 Nov 2023

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

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Nov 2022.

4 Interview Rounds

1

Resume Shortlist Round

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2

Aptitude Test Round

Aptitude, Reasoning, English, and Two Coding Problems.

3

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. Core Java, OOPS concepts, Data Types
  • Q2. Data Base Concepts Normalizations, Query Languages (DDL, DML, DQL, TCL, DCL)
  • Q3. Some Other Questions Based on your educational background. For Me (as an MCA graduate) They have asked about subjects like Data Structures, and Projects (Minor ...read more
4

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. This round is about proving English speaking skills, Managerial abilities, and Team play related.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be sure through your resume, one should be able to read out the contents of the resume.
The questions will always be from the contents of the resume.

System Engineer Interview Questions

user image vijay reddy punnam

posted on 23 Sep 2022

I applied via campus placement at VNR Vignan Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ranga Reddy and was interviewed in Aug 2022.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Assignment Round

Written test with aptitude, logical and programming

2

Technical Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. Oops concepts and new digital technologies say ML and Cyber security
3

HR Round (1 Question)

  • Q1. HR details are asked

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It is cool process, prepare well and speak about your projects and skills

System Engineer interview

user image Tech and Target

posted on 16 Nov 2021

System Engineer Interview Questions

user image mounika jajula

posted on 16 Feb 2024

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

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Feb 2023.

1 Interview Round

1

Technical Round (3 Questions)

  • Q1. What is cloud computing?
  • Q2. Oops concepts in java
  • Q3. Working of Linked list

Skills evaluated in this interview

System Engineer Interview Questions

user image CodingNinjas

posted on 31 May 2022

I was interviewed in Dec 2021.

3 Interview Rounds

1

Coding Test Round (2 Questions)

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Mostly aptitude, English and basic programming concepts and two coding questions.

  • Q1. Twin Pairs Bob always bragged about his smartness. To test this, Alice gave him an array ‘A’ of size ‘N’ and asked him to find the number of twin pairs in that ...read more
  • Q2. Cycle Detection in a Singly Linked List You have given a Singly Linked List of integers, determine if it forms a cycle or not. A cycle occurs when a node's ...read more
2

Video Call Round (5 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Resume discussion followed by some questions from OOPs and DBMS 

  • Q1. DBMS Question

    What is meant by an entity-relationship (E-R) model? Explain the terms Entity, Entity Type, and Entity Set in DBMS.

  • Q2. OOPS Question

    How does C++ support Polymorphism?

  • Q3. OOPS Question

    What are the various types of constructors in C++?

  • Q4. OOPS Question

    What are the various types of inheritance?

  • Q5. DBMS Question

    Explain the difference between the DELETE and TRUNCATE command in a DBMS

3

HR Round (1 Question)

Round duration - 15 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Standard HR round with some behavioural questions

  • Q1. Basic HR Questions

    1) Why should we select you?
    2) Your weakness and strengths?
    3) What do you know about the organization?

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering. I applied for the job as System Engineer in DelhiEligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPATCS Digital interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - OOPS, Machine Learning, DBMS, Statistics, Programming Concepts, AlgorithmsTime required to prepare for the interview - 3 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Try to get skilled in new technologies like Machine Learning etc.
Tip 2 : Make your programming concepts best 
Tip 3 : Try to improve communication skills

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : One-page resume
Tip 2 : Mention best of your projects

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

TCS Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in TCS System Engineer interview for freshers?
TCS interview process for freshers usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the TCS interview process for freshers are Technical, Aptitude Test and HR.
What are the top questions asked in TCS System Engineer interview for freshers?

Some of the top questions asked at the TCS System Engineer interview for freshers -

  1. What is the difference b/w Procedural Programming and OOP Concept? What are the...read more
  2. Explain Difference b/w Constructor and Method also write the code which can des...read more
  3. Model an upsetting(metal forming) operation. Explain the process parameters and...read more
How long is the TCS System Engineer interview process?

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

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