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Updated 27 Feb 2025

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

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Test will be in hacker rank there would be a difficulty level between easy to medium

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Question will be from data structure and easy to medium level of the programming laanguage question
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This is just to check your english ability

Top ThoughtWorks Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Maximum Sum Subarray Problem Statement Given an array of integers, find the maximum sum of any contiguous subarray within the array. Example: Input: array = [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86] Output: 137 Explanation: The maximum sum of a contiguous ... read more
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Q1. Maximum Subarray Sum Problem Statement Given an array of integers, determine the maximum possible sum of any contiguous subarray within the array. Example: Input: array = [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86] Output: 137 Explanation: The maximum sum is... read more
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Senior Consultant Interview Questions & Answers

user image Suresh Kumar .A

posted on 25 Dec 2024

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

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Pair programming Round - It involves collaborating with the interviewer on the development of a small or micro feature.

Round 2 - Case Study 

System Design Interview - High Level & Low Level Design

Round 3 - Group Discussion 

Behavioral Interview Round - Test our abilities to handle various conflicts & leadership qualities

Round 4 - Group Discussion 

Social Issues - Test our understanding of various social/real-world problems and solutions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Interview Experience will be one of the kind, where your experience will be tested in a real world scenario rather than asking simple questions. Be open & positive

Top ThoughtWorks Senior Consultant Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Advice clean coding practices on the shared project. Implement a new feature on the shared joyo of energy project, which was to calculate total cost of energy consumption.
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Q1. 1. What's the use of update sets and how do you move update set from one instance to another? Once you imported the update set, what will you do? To check the customisations, You need to do open the update set and do something. What is that... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Peer-coding test based on the provided tech-stack

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Current project overview & it's architecture
  • Ans. 

    Current project involves developing a cloud-based CRM system for a multinational corporation.

    • Utilizing microservices architecture for scalability and flexibility

    • Implementing RESTful APIs for seamless integration with other systems

    • Leveraging cloud services like AWS for hosting and data storage

    • Using Docker containers for easy deployment and management

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. System design questions & LLD

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Top ThoughtWorks Senior Consultant Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Advice clean coding practices on the shared project. Implement a new feature on the shared joyo of energy project, which was to calculate total cost of energy consumption.
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Senior Consultant Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 1. What's the use of update sets and how do you move update set from one instance to another? Once you imported the update set, what will you do? To check the customisations, You need to do open the update set and do something. What is that... read more
View answer (3)

Graduate Trainee Interview Questions & Answers

user image Sonali Rathore

posted on 2 Dec 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

2 Coding rounds with medium difficulty questions

Round 2 - Code Pairing 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Given a problem statement and you pair with interviewer to solve it in real time
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical interview mostly based on your experiences and language mentioned in the resume
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Cultural alignment round , who you see social change around you

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Q1. Given an array, how do you get the count of pairs that sum to even
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Aug 2024.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

4 coding question easy level questions based on arrays and strings

Round 2 - Assignment 

Code pairing round need to use oops to solve the problem

Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Two sum problem
  • Q2. Internal working of hashmap
  • Ans. 

    HashMap in Java is a data structure that stores key-value pairs and uses hashing to efficiently retrieve values.

    • HashMap uses hashing to store and retrieve key-value pairs

    • It uses an array of linked lists to handle collisions

    • The key's hash code is used to determine the index in the array where the key-value pair is stored

    • HashMap allows one null key and multiple null values

    • Example: HashMap<String, Integer> map = new

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Sql queries on aggregate function
Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Gender equality
  • Q2. Situation based question

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - be prepared on oops and DSA

Top ThoughtWorks Application Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. 2. How will you design a database to manage the songs playlist on Spotify?
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Q1. Reverse Linked List Problem Statement Given a singly linked list of integers, return the head of the reversed linked list. Example: Initial linked list: 1 -&gt; 2 -&gt; 3 -&gt; 4 -&gt; NULLReversed linked list: 4 -&gt; 3 -&gt; 2 -&gt; 1 -&g... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Coding plus aptitude

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Code pairing round with one question and an hour to solve

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Oops, dsa, java
  • Q2. Projesct related
Round 4 - Culture 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Cultural fit round was kinda HR but more topics involved

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - All the best. Connect with ppl from LinkedIn for more guidance

Top ThoughtWorks Application Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. 2. How will you design a database to manage the songs playlist on Spotify?
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Application Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Reverse Linked List Problem Statement Given a singly linked list of integers, return the head of the reversed linked list. Example: Initial linked list: 1 -&gt; 2 -&gt; 3 -&gt; 4 -&gt; NULLReversed linked list: 4 -&gt; 3 -&gt; 2 -&gt; 1 -&g... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

A github repo was shared and had to code on top of it. No DSA

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Project details and depth in tech
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. System design and breadth in tech
  • Ans. 

    System design in tech involves creating scalable and efficient solutions to complex problems.

    • Understanding the requirements and constraints of the system

    • Breaking down the system into smaller components

    • Choosing the appropriate technologies and architecture

    • Considering scalability, reliability, and performance

    • Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure alignment

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Leadership 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Leadership qualities
Round 5 - Cultural Fit 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Cultural fitness check
Round 6 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussion

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Q1. Pdc emulator and errors how it can be fixed, how to work on VMware disk consolidation error, types for migration which I was involved and issue seen example cross over migration and aws SMS connector, azure sso
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Lead Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 13 Dec 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

I was tasked with creating a Spring Boot microservice.

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Q1. What is the resistance value of tripping &amp; closing coil of vcb?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Data Structure, Heap, Linked List

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Give a brief intro of project and your roles and responsibility there.
  • Ans. 

    I worked on a project to develop a mobile application for tracking fitness goals and progress.

    • Designed user interface for the app to be user-friendly and intuitive

    • Developed backend functionality to store and retrieve user data

    • Implemented features such as goal setting, progress tracking, and social sharing

    • Collaborated with a team of developers and designers to ensure project success

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Design Library Management System.
  • Ans. 

    A Library Management System to track books, users, and transactions.

    • Create database tables for books, users, transactions

    • Implement functions for adding, updating, and deleting books

    • Allow users to check out and return books

    • Generate reports on book availability and user activity

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Salary Discussion
  • Q2. Behavioural round

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Q1. What is one thing about Unix you like the most
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It was pair programming round where we need to attempt a couple of Spark Scenario along with the Interviewer. You will have a boiler plate code with some functionalities to be filled up. You will be assessed on writing clean and extensible code and test cases.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions will be based on the Project where they try to assess the depth of understading you have on your project, data quality checks, handling failure scenarios, reasoning behind choice of tech stack

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - In the Pair programming round, be interactive with the interviewer and try to improvise the existing code, implement functionality, test cases and communicate what you are thinking so that interviewer can work with you to move towards solution.

For Second round, Spark, Cloud Data Processing Components and being thorough with your previous experience will go a long way.

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Q1. Write a query to get the customer with the highest total order value for each year, month. [Note: Order table is different and Customer table is different. Order_ID and Customer_ID are the PK of the table with Oid from Customer table being ... read more
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ThoughtWorks Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in ThoughtWorks interview?
ThoughtWorks interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the ThoughtWorks interview process are Technical, Coding Test and HR.
How to prepare for ThoughtWorks 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 ThoughtWorks. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at ThoughtWorks expect are Agile, Open Source, TDD, Consulting and Distribution System.
What are the top questions asked in ThoughtWorks interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the ThoughtWorks interview -

  1. 2. How will you design a database to manage the songs playlist on Spoti...read more
  2. 4. Design a list to show songs in the year in which they were publish...read more
  3. add a new feature using SOLID principles and explain your thought proc...read more
How long is the ThoughtWorks interview process?

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

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