TCS prep

TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#16

How do you manage secrets safely in CI/CD pipelines? — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. Security-focused DevOps interview question for pipeline hardening.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#17

Design a parking lot system using OOD principles — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. Object-oriented design classic testing modeling and extensibility.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#18

How do SOLID principles help in real-world codebases? — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. OOD theory-to-practice question for maintainability.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Coding / DSA

#19

How many distinct ways can you climb n stairs taking 1 or 2 steps at a time? — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. Introductory dynamic programming problem isomorphic to Fibonacci.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Coding / DSA

#20

Design and implement an LRU cache with O(1) get and put — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. Hash map plus doubly linked list problem bridging DSA and system components.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Coding / DSA

#21

Solve the 0/1 knapsack problem with dynamic programming — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. Classic DP testing tabulation, space optimization, and item selection reconstruction.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Coding / DSA

#22

Explain and implement Dijkstra's algorithm for shortest paths — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. Graph algorithm for non-negative edge weights using priority queue.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) System design

#23

Design a URL shortening service — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. Foundational system design covering APIs, encoding, storage, and read-heavy scaling.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) System design

#24

Design a distributed rate limiter for an API gateway — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. System design testing token bucket, sliding window, and Redis coordination.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Behavioral

#25

Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate. How did you handle it? — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. Behavioral STAR question assessing collaboration and conflict resolution.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#26

What principles do you follow when designing RESTful APIs? — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. API design question covering resources, HTTP semantics, and versioning.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#27

When would you choose microservices over a monolith? — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. Architecture trade-off question for mid-level backend and platform roles.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#28

Explain CI/CD and what a typical pipeline includes — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. DevOps fundamentals for mid-level engineers discussing automation and quality gates.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#29

What is the difference between unit and integration tests? — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. Testing strategy question covering pyramid, mocks, and confidence vs speed.

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TCS Mid-level (3–5 years) Technical deep dive

#30

How does HashMap work internally in Java? — TCS interview

Reported in TCS interview loops. Java-specific collections question on buckets, hashing, and resize behavior.

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