TCS·Software Engineer

TCS Software Engineer interview experience

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HyderābādPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview focused heavily on core software concepts, with a mix of Java and database topics.

I remember being asked basic Java questions and also data-structure-related questions. Then they shifted into questions around my final year project, which meant I had to explain what I built clearly and connect it back to the technical parts.

Database was a big part of it too. I was asked about insert, update, delete DML and what those queries look like, and I had to handle queries in general. There was also a moment where I wrote a simple piece of Java code.

Overall it felt like a solid, well-shaped process: not completely basic, but not chaotic either. The difficulty landed around

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