Tata Consultancy Services (North America) Systems Engineer interview experience

The first chunk was practical and direct—SQL questions like an employee query with the max salary, plus basics around data structures and logic. I remember being asked to think through a few coding problems around primes (and deciding odd vs even), and I had to explain concepts like what an API is and how I’d communicate it to a non-technical person.

As we moved along, they drilled into what I’d listed in my background. My projects were reviewed like a deep dive, and I had to explain the work clearly and answer follow-ups tied to my stated experience. There were also CV-style technical