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In technical round they asked technical questions. Since I was from mechanical background and the interviewer also happened to be from mechanical background , he asked most of the questions from core branch only but he also asked some basic concepts of computer science since I had mentioned it in my resume. In Managerial round, the interviewer asked me about me such as my hobbies, my family and all. It went quick (5-10 mins I guess). And finally in the HR round, the HR started with my academics. As soon as he heard the name of my school ( Saraswati Vidya Mandir) , he immediately asked whether it was a Hindi medium school or English medium , to which I replied that it was a Hindi medium one. After it, the point of the whole conversation was shifted to how I coped up with this language barrier in college, how much would I rate myself in English and if selected, how would I react to someone who has better communication skills than those of mine. I think, I convinced him with my answers and that is why I got selected.
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Assistant Systems Engineer-Trainee

Interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services

3.5
May 20, 2017

In technical round they asked technical questions. Since I was from mechanical background and the interviewer also happened to be from mechanical background , he asked most of the questions from core branch only but he also asked some basic concepts of computer science since I had mentioned it in my resume. In Managerial round, the interviewer asked me about me such as my hobbies, my family and all. It went quick (5-10 mins I guess). And finally in the HR round, the HR started with my academics. As soon as he heard the name of my school ( Saraswati Vidya Mandir) , he immediately asked whether it was a Hindi medium school or English medium , to which I replied that it was a Hindi medium one. After it, the point of the whole conversation was shifted to how I coped up with this language barrier in college, how much would I rate myself in English and if selected, how would I react to someone who has better communication skills than those of mine. I think, I convinced him with my answers and that is why I got selected.

During the interview, I was also asked detailed questions around the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) — including each phase, what activities happen, how documentation and testing fit into the cycle, and how change requests / production issues are handled across stages. They went deep into: Requirements gathering & analysis Design approach (High Level + Low Level) Development practices / coding standards Testing phases (unit, integration, UAT) Deployment strategy Post-production support and maintenance So they mainly wanted to evaluate how clearly I understand the end-to-end SDLC flow in real projects.
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Assistant Systems Engineer Trainee

Interviewed at Tata Consultancy Services

3.5
Nov 6, 2025

During the interview, I was also asked detailed questions around the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) — including each phase, what activities happen, how documentation and testing fit into the cycle, and how change requests / production issues are handled across stages. They went deep into: Requirements gathering & analysis Design approach (High Level + Low Level) Development practices / coding standards Testing phases (unit, integration, UAT) Deployment strategy Post-production support and maintenance So they mainly wanted to evaluate how clearly I understand the end-to-end SDLC flow in real projects.

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