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Tesco Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 23 Sep 2024

Tesco Software Developer Interview Experiences

4 interviews found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Campus Placement

Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 coding questions and a few MCQs

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked to explain and optimise my solution from coding test
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioral round. Asked about resume.
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General HR round and trying to find if you're a right fit for the company
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
No response
Round 1 - Coding Test 

The test was quite simple but the interviewer was not ready to accept the solution. Even with complete dry run and working output he denied the solution giving a very vague reason.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. In this design round , they asked me to demonstrate how to build cowin app. Gave a complete overview including HLD and LLD for each showcased feature still got negative response.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - My experience was bad due to the interview panel, no comments on how tesco works in general

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Related to project
  • Q2. Deployment and maintenance
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Coding round related to Android
Round 2 - System design 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Current project in detail

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I appeared for an interview before Sep 2020.

Round 1 - Assignment 

Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Round 2 - Face to Face 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This was the technical round, held around at 10 AM IST on Google Meet.
Firstly she greeted me and asked me to tell something about myself, to which I introduced myself, explaining my academic and some projects also.
After that we moved on to the Hackathon project, which was smart cart self-checkout system. I explained the project along with the code, wherever necessary.
Every word you say while explaining should be clear to you.I used Firebase and SQL while explaining my project, to which she asked some questions related to it, 
Then she moved to the DBMS part, types of joins,what is indexing, how to approach if you were to design a payment system.
At last she asked me some Data Structure questions, which were of medium complexity

  • Q1. 

    Remove the Kth Node from the End of a Linked List

    You are given a singly Linked List with 'N' nodes containing integer data and an integer 'K'. Your task is to delete the Kth node from the end of this Lin...

  • Ans. 

    Remove the Kth node from the end of a singly linked list given the position 'K'.

    • Traverse the list to find the length 'N' of the linked list.

    • Calculate the position of the node to be removed from the beginning as 'N - K + 1'.

    • Traverse the list again and remove the node at the calculated position.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. 

    House Robber Problem Statement

    Consider Mr. X, a professional robber who is planning to rob houses along a street. These houses are arranged in a circle, which means the first house is a neighbor to the l...

  • Ans. 

    House Robber problem where adjacent houses have connected security system, find maximum money Mr. X can rob without triggering security.

    • Use dynamic programming to keep track of maximum money robbed at each house.

    • At each house, decide whether to rob the current house or skip it based on maximum money robbed so far.

    • Handle the circular nature of houses by considering two cases: robbing the first house and not robbing the ...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

Round duration - 30 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

The interviewer was very frank and cheerful. This was held at 2:30 PM IST on Google Meet.
He firstly greeted me and asked me how I was doing.
How was my previous round, any technical difficulties?
Then he asked me to introduce myself.
He started telling about his journey to Lowe's and his technical background.
Then he asked some HR related questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology. Eligibility criteria7.5 CGPALowe's India interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data structures and algorithms, OOPS, operating Systems,SQL, DBMS, Machine Learning.Time required to prepare for the interview - 6 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Practice DSA questions, interview questions as much as you can.(400 leetcode questions) + (1000+ geeksforgeeks score) is good approximation of your preparation.
Tip 2 : You should have a good internship experience or 1 or 2 good projects on Android/web-d or Machine Learning.You should be through with your projects and be able to tell further improvements for the future.
Tip 3 : Be CONFIDENT with what you say. Don't murmur or speak in the mouth.The interviewer wants to know your thought process.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Resume is the first impression of you.so it must be very eye-catching. write some decent (maybe 1 or 2 is enough) projects on resume.
Tip 2 : Should be through with each and every point you have written on your resume. people usually write 10- 15 skills on resume while confident in only 5.Please don't do it.

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

They ask nothing only few questions on dsa

Round 3 - Group Discussion 

They ask previous projects knowledge

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Go with full of confidence but if you're non it background
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 coding questions from dsa. one quest was from trees ds

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why did you choose target
  • Q2. Minus points in you that you can share with us
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Coding test contains 2 questions 1 moderate and 1 easy level

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about DSA,Heap sort,Merge sort.
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a passionate software developer with experience in Java, Python, and web development.

    • Graduated with a degree in Computer Science

    • Worked on various projects using Java and Python

    • Familiar with web development technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Why Lowe's,how can Lowe's improve its customer services
  • Ans. 

    I believe Lowe's is a reputable company with a strong focus on customer satisfaction. They can improve their customer services by implementing personalized recommendations, enhancing their online platform, and providing better in-store experiences.

    • Implement personalized recommendations based on customer preferences and purchase history

    • Enhance the online platform for easier navigation, product search, and checkout proce...

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why string arr immutable
  • Ans. 

    String arrays are immutable because they cannot be changed once created.

    • Strings in an array cannot be modified individually

    • Any changes to a string array result in a new array being created

    • Immutable arrays ensure data integrity and prevent unintended side effects

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How we can create a custom immutable class
  • Ans. 

    To create a custom immutable class, use final keyword for class, private final fields, and no setter methods.

    • Use the final keyword for the class to prevent inheritance

    • Declare all fields as private and final to prevent modification

    • Do not provide setter methods for the fields to maintain immutability

    • Provide getter methods to access the fields

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 DSA questions and some MCQ on Java and Spring

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Longest palindromic substring
  • Ans. 

    A palindromic substring is a string that reads the same forwards and backwards.

    • Use dynamic programming to find the longest palindromic substring.

    • Start by considering each character as the center of a potential palindrome.

    • Expand outwards from each center to check for palindromes of odd and even lengths.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Remove duplicates in place from a 1D array
  • Ans. 

    Remove duplicates from a 1D array of strings in place

    • Iterate through the array and use a HashSet to keep track of unique elements

    • Replace duplicates with null or an empty string to remove them in place

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Project discussion
  • Q2. Search min element in a rotated sorted array with duplicate elements
  • Ans. 

    Search for the minimum element in a rotated sorted array with duplicate elements.

    • Use binary search to find the minimum element in the rotated sorted array.

    • Handle the case where duplicate elements are present by adjusting the search conditions.

    • Consider cases where the array is not rotated or contains only one element.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Ways of declaring singleton class
  • Ans. 

    A singleton class is a class that can only have one instance created throughout the application.

    • Declare a private static instance variable of the class

    • Create a private constructor to prevent external instantiation

    • Provide a public static method to access the instance

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Project discussion
  • Q2. Behavioural questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

Tesco Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Tesco Software Developer interview?
Tesco interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Tesco interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Tesco Software 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 Tesco. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Tesco expect are TDD, Agile, Java, Javascript and Software Development.
What are the top questions asked in Tesco Software Developer interview?

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