Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Software Engineer interview experience

I remember the process taking time and requiring patience—there was a lot of waiting between steps, and it didn’t have the tight, guided feeling I expected.

The overall difficulty felt less about my skills and more about the interviewer’s judgment. I had the sense that the chances of moving forward could swing dramatically, including people getting selected even when they didn’t seem highly skilled.

By the end, I didn’t get an offer, and I was left with a blunt takeaway: the process didn’t feel consistently meritocratic in practice. The long waits and uneven experience made it hard to trust