Round 1(Aptitude+Programming)
The first round of the selection process includes both aptitude and programming components. This round can be taken online or offline at TCS ION centers. There are 88 questions to be completed in 165 minutes. The questions cover a wide range of topics and are not strictly syllabus-based.
Round 1 pattern consists of 88 questions in total that have to be answered within 165mins, for a detailed blueprint pls visit this link-https://prepinsta.com/tcs-nqt/syllabus/.
Foundation Section
- In Numerical ability, I felt that I had the majority of questions from Simplification, Percentages, SI&CI, Statistics, Number systems HCF and LCM, and Volumes&SA. These are topics one should focus on more and questions from other topics were nominal. Especially, There were roasting questions on Quadratic equations, finding roots, and Finding α,ß, Γ in an equation in the majority(These are generally asked in the Digital test).
- When coming to the Reasoning part questions were asked majority from Syllogism, Figure-based problems, Number series, Seating arrangements(up to 8seats filling), blood relations, Data Interpretation, Sets, and Venn diagrams.
- Now in Verbal ability, questions were asked about finding synonyms and antonyms(Don’t need to go through very high-level words basic to medium level, to predict or eliminate the not possible answers pls watch this video-https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ6LIqCux-reWL-SbNgQrRm-vv8BBqFt8), Sentence corrections&replacements, Reading comprehensions(these are time killers kindly answer them at last).
Advance Section
- In Quantitative ability, Questions were majorly asked from Permutations&combinations, probability, Advance Simplification, Statistics, Again Quadratic based questions, and volumes&SA.
- In Reasoning ability, again the same pattern of asked in the foundation section but a bit higher level than that.
- The important thing to note in the Advance section is that most of the questions would be of fill in the box type so kindly ensure to enter the answer up to two decimal places if the value comes out to be point values.
Programming section
- 2 programming questions were given which has to be solved in 55mins.
- 1st question was based on the strings concept the question was whether you can form the given word from the alphabets present in the given string. Similar to this question https://leetcode.com/problems/find-words-that-can-be-formed-by-characters/
- 2nd question was again based on strings like a string was given Eg.1, S=vvinaapauuaut, R=2 where R is a random integer given the question is you to need to remove the consecutive 2 same alphabets until there are no consecutive same alphabets of given R value here the final output would be ‘input’, Eg 2 S=understanding, R=3, output=understanding(bcoz here no consecutive same alphabets exists). (solving both would almost confirm your interview chances).
TCS Interview Experience (On-Campus)
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) conducts the TCS NQT (National Qualifier Test) to hire fresh college graduates from all over India. To stay updated, keep in touch with your college’s placement cell, classmates, Internet resources, and the TCS careers website. Apply promptly once the application period begins.