TCS·Software Engineer

TCS Software Engineer interview experience

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ChandigarhPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The first step in my journey was the TCS NQT exam, built around aptitude and coding.

The aptitude part covered numerical ability, verbal ability, and reasoning, and the coding part included two problems to solve in languages like C, C++, Java, or Python. It was framed as an elimination-style aptitude filter, so getting through that stage mattered a lot before coding performance even carried the weight.

After the NQT, I moved into interview rounds tied to my NQT performance, with possible shortlisting into categories like Ninja, Digital, or Prime. My technical interview covered data structures, OOP, DBMS, SQL, operating systems, basic coding, and questions also pulled from my

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