For Package: 9.03 LPA
Batch Eligible: Freshers from NITs, IITs, IIITs, IISER and such.

After appearing for the screening round of TCS INE in January 2025, which was to be given at offline centers, a month later I received a call that my interview process would start shortly. Only those who solved both coding questions received a call for the interview. However, due to the strict timer on each section and question, not many were able to solve both questions.

Verdict [Selected]

Exam date: 13th Jan
First call: arond 27th Feb
Interview: 19th March
Again document verification: 8th May (some got rejected after this)
Offer letter: 12th May

Screening round

You can find detailed info regarding the screening round and coding questions in this Leetcode post: Click here
Here's a brief summary:

• The language of the first question was very hard. At first glance, it looked like a hard BFS based question trying to find minimum cost to collect all bombs spread across a grid.
  Upon analyzing the test cases, I realized that the goal was to jump to the nearest bomb from the current position.
  Then I checked the constraints which was (N<1000) so now I can easily run two loops to solve the problem. However, if the constraints were larger, solving it within 30 minutes on the center’s keyboard and platform interface wouldn't be easy.
• The second question could also be solved using an O(n²) approach, and almost everyone managed to solve it correctly.

Interview Round

We were initially expected to attend the interview at an assigned offline center. However, a day before the interview, my HR informed me that it would be conducted in virtual mode (at home).

The interview began with a document verification in front of the camera, followed by the actual interview. There were 5-6 panelists present.

Q1) Introduce yourself.
Q2) Questions on my projects and database
Q3) An easy to medium level SQL query
Q4) 2 DSA questions.

• In the first question, I had to first deduce the login between input and Output testcase and then code accordingly. Took me a minute to find the logic and coded it optimally. It summed down to digit extraction of a number.
• The second question involved word extraction from a string.

Interviewer asked me to code it in Notepad.

HR and Managerial Round

Technical round was followed immediately by HR and Managerial round in the same interview. 5-6 questions were asked regarding my achievements, location preference, why TCS and such.

Candidates should frequently check TCS NextStep portal for updates. You will get your updates via mail too.