r/PlacementsPrep

Dear Reddit community,

I’m currently working at Tata Consultancy Services as a System Engineer with a package of 7 LPA, and my in-hand salary is around 52k per month.

I graduated in 2024 with a B.Tech degree. During college, I mainly aimed for Product-Based Companies and targeted SDE/Software Engineer roles, but unfortunately, I wasn’t able to crack them, partly due to my skill level at that time.

Recently, I attempted GATE 2026 (CSE) and scored 41 marks. At present, my domain in TCS is Data Engineering.

I wanted to ask for genuine guidance from experienced people here:

Is Data Engineering a good domain in the long run?

Do Product-Based Companies hire Data Engineers frequently?

If they do, are the salaries and growth opportunities comparable to SDE roles?

Would it be better to continue building my career in Data Engineering, or should I seriously prepare for GATE 2027?

I’m open to honest suggestions and advice from people who have experience in these fields.

Thank you.

already employed btw, but trying my luck in tcs, god knows about the the applitude part, I think I did mid excluding the numeric section(didn't even choose random options was just too awww to think, maybe attempted around 5!

coming to the coding part
1Q - solved 7/7 this one was such a beginner level question
2Q - solved 7/7 a bit tricky at the last test case

so I have already given this test before but I found questions to be not as easy as this ones last, wondering if anyone attended the test on 19th and whats your opinion,

and I would appreciate any hints on what interview I might get(keeping in mind my applitude scores are a mystery and my numerics are messed up), and when can I expect the results and interview?

on the 20th of may (yesterday) at 2:25 i got a mail for tcs prime interview at pune, i had to travel 170km on single days notice,

the reporting time was 8:30, but i got there at 9:00, which was totally fine,

the initial registration went on till 10.45 after that i got called out for technical interview where two people asked me a questions about core java and resume

questions asked:

he asked if i have a offer in hand i told him i have a offer for 6LPA as a software tester role

a lot of core java concepts

1. wrapper class
2. primitive data types
3. what is oops
4. sldc
5. default value of a byte
6. and a lot more about core java

i answered these questions correct and with confidence

after that a manager entered the office he asked me weired and wrong questions based on my resume

1. first he asked about my project, it had a little networking involved so he asked about ip ranges, he failed to ask the questions right so i was a bit confused i answered 6/10
2. then he asked about authentication and authorization which i didn't answer right 5/10
3. then he asked about a sql query which i answeright right 9/10
4. the he asked about jwt token, again failed to ask right question and i was confused (he didn't know what stateless architecture was) he was still asking me about states and sessions in jwt (which i think doesn't make sense)
5. then he told me write a bubble sort program which i fumbled, later when he was going through my code i admitted a logic mistake that i had made in my code

after this at 11.45 i was called for HR interview where a single hr was taking my interview

1. she asked me about my family background
2. if i am comfortable relocating
3. how was my day
4. she verified my engineering results and cgpa etc

i have 8.8 cgpa

so what do you think guys, what are the chances of me getting offer letter for prime,

please share your thoughts and opinions

thank you!!

I am from 2026 batch and i have just gotten my joining letter from tcs on 4th of June I don't even have my 8th sem result with me right now . Will they accept my bgc till 7th sem only or I may need to reschedule my joining date please guide me ?

My reporting time is 7:30 am but the gate closed at 8:30. Does that mean I can also come between that time or do I have to be there at 7:30 ? Pls let me know.

Also, is one coding qs plus Good aptitude performance good enough for digital ? Is it ok if I don't attempt the second one of I'm not familiar with the DSA it needs ?

Hi! I'm a 21 F and I've an interview to attend on 25th of May in Noida in a tech firm.

Now the issue is..... This is my first interview I'm ever gonna sit in, I've never given any interview before this, and so I'm very very scared...... It's like, tho I'm a CS graduate ( will graduate in June 2026 ), but I'm not good in tech..... Like I'm not very bright or sharp with coding at all.

This role is for The position of associate business analyst, and I applied for this thinking ki if I'm not very good in coding, I might do well in this one ( it was on-campus ), but their technical test had coding questions, which I passed..... Now when I have to give an interview, it's making me very very tense and stressed.

Please give me some advices or anything 😭😭 that will make me less stressed about it. I know I'm not very smart, but I just need to feel a bit relaxed 😭😭

As the title suggests I attended tcs nqt recently and messed up the aptitude sections (the mcq things), I didn’t mark any random answers thinking there was negative marking 😭

But I was able to solve the easy question fully, and the medium question passed the public test case

I got to know now that somehow u could see how many test cases passed, like 6/7 etc which I didn’t know in the exam for the coding questions

I have solved very less questions in the mcq’s part I guess

Should I have any hopes of getting called for any interviews?

I attended the TCS interview at Sholinganallur, Chennai on 28th April, in Panel 17 (9 AM shift).

Just wanted to know whether anyone from the same panel or shift has received any updates regarding the results.

I attended TCS NQT yesterday .All the MCQ which I did based on fluke.And I didn’t did program 1 .For the program 2 advanced I got 4/7 test case passed.Will I get selected ??😭😭😢

I interviewed on 8th may chennai for prime role. My friend also interviewed same day as mine(8th may chennai) for prime role. He received OL for diaital on 18th may morning and also I have seen some posts and comments in reddit that they also interviewed on 8th may, chennai and got OL 18th may

Should I consider it as rejection and move on?

My interview exp:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PlacementsPrep/comments/1ta9dke/tcs\_prime\_interview\_experience/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utmterm=1&utm\_content=share\_buttor

i have my placement season coming up
i am not prepared with dsa or aptitude
i was learning java, but it was too tough for me so i switched to python
now i understand the syntax but cant understand logic building
its just too tough for me
i need some help in cracking a descent placement

I have recently gave my final exam , and my result is expected by julyand my joining date is 4th june .

Can i join without it like in google i have seen you can continue ilp but for final joining they will require it or some places they require it on before ilp

I have mail to tcs too but didnt got any response

I m afraid to reschedule it as it will take months then 🥲

https://preview.redd.it/vizbbhfh6e2h1.png?width=896&format=png&auto=webp&s=97215a227646a5b24ce47306b232a565948ddd13

interview on 2 may no update after that. should i consider myself rejected ?

Gave my TCS NQT 2026 today.

My performance:

- Coding:

- Easy question: solved around 2/7 test cases

- Medium question: solved around 6/7 test cases

- MCQs:

- Not confident at all

- I feel maybe only 30–40% is correct

- With some luck maybe around 50%

Did Good at advanced section MCQ.... But the foundation section didn't not go well as expected.

Do I still have a chance for Ninja or any role in TCS based on previous experiences/cutoffs?

Also, when are TCS NQT 2026 results usually announced after the exam, and if selected when will be the next round?!

got a call from HR that they are moving forward with my application, like after ghosting me for 3-4 months, interview is in 3 days, can anyone help me with juspay part B hackathon, like I know they ask about previous code, improvement in time complexity and then making that code thread safe, I want to know in deep about that part B like how to make it thread safe without using mutex and semaphores, and what they are expecting in this round the after this??