Tavant·Software Engineer

Tavant Software Engineer interview experience

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ChennaiPosted Dec 2014 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through campus placements, and the process started with a basic online aptitude plus C test with MCQs.

The technical interview next was the biggest shift because I wasn’t from a CS department, and they leaned into puzzles as well as coding fundamentals.

One puzzle involved using a simple balance to find a defective coin (lighter or heavier) among ten lookalike coins in the fewest weighings. Another puzzle used two candles that each burn for an hour, and I had to figure out how to measure 45 minutes with them. There was also a puzzle involving a number tree, plus the vibe that they wanted reasoning more than brute memorization.

The HR round came after that and still had some technical

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