Assistant System Engineer

The first round(TCS NQT Test) had MCQ, programming logic questions and two hands-on coding questions. It was a proctored test that was conducted online and students could take the test from home on their personal laptops. The MCQ consisted of three subsections: Verbal Ability. Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability. The difficulty level of these sections was medium and one can easily clear these after practising CAT material. Also, there was no negative marking. The programming language questions were a mix of theory and input-output questions with one-word answers. The difficulty level of these questions was easy. There were two hands-on coding questions in the last section of the test. The first question was easy and the second question was of medium difficulty level.

This round was the final video call interview round which was scheduled on Google Meet. There were 3 panellists namely HR, MR, and TR.

After I joined the meeting, HR welcomed me and asked me to show my ID proof(I showed my Aadhar card). And then TR started asking me questions. They were:

1. Tell me about yourself: I told him my marks and told him I am interested in coding and told him about my internship and 
projects in machine learning and data science.

2. In which programming languages are you good?: I told Java and Python.

3. What is the unique advantage in Java that the other programming languages don't have? : I answered that Java is an 
architecturally neutral programming language which basically means that it can be easily interpreted across different 
devices without having the need to install different compilers on one of those devices.

4. What is a class, What are the data types? : I answered the definition with some examples.

5. Write a program to reverse a string. : I wrote the code and the interviewer was satisfied.

6. Tell me about your project: I explained my machine learning project on Image classification using Convolutional Neural 
Networks. Then he went on to ask questions on the terminologies related to my project such as accuracy, learning rate, 
neural network and how it predicts and corrects the prediction as it trains on the data. I explained the whole process and 
the interviewer was satisfied.

7. What is inheritance? Explain with an example. : I explained it in detail.

MR Round:

1. What do you know about TCS?

2. Which is your favourite subject?

3. What are your aspirations?

That's all for MR

HR Round:

1. Tell me your five strengths and five weaknesses.

2. Have you ever faced any challenges in executing a project? Please elaborate in detail how you overcame it.

3. You said that you have an interest in machine learning. Also, you have done some really good projects in the same domain. Can you work on different projects in TCS other than machine learning? 

4. Are you ready to relocate?

5. Are you ok with night shifts?

6. You have to work from home or come to the workplace, Are you having any problems?

7. There is a service agreement stating “You have to work in TCS for at least one year or pay 50K”. Are you willing to sign the service agreement?

The whole interview lasted for 30 minutes. Finally, on 19th January 2021, I received the offer letter stating that I have been selected for the role of Assistant System Engineer-Trainee at TCS. I would say the entire on-campus recruitment process was pretty smooth and the panellists were interactive, supportive and encouraging.