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finally finally I got placed

guys I just got placed and I had to share this here....

honestly these 8 months were really really tough i gave 10+ interviews and kept getting rejected, did coaching from an institute, things were going okay until I got an offer and I rejected it because salary was too low and they were asking for 3+ year bond , that's too much

and because I rejected it my institute just blocked me from all further placements, like completely cut me off. that time was the worst. no job, no support, felt completely stuck then i had to figure everything on my own after that , i kept applying, kept giving interviews, kept getting rejections. there were days I genuinely thought yaar shayad mujhse nahi hoga.

but finally gave 4 rounds and last week I receive my offer letter as Graduate Engineer and package is 5lpa

to everyone still struggling — it really does feel hopeless sometimes but just keep going. your turn will come.

one thing I learned from these 8 months is

good things take time.

A friend got placed at BrowserStack through campus for an SDET role.

First, the expected CTC was 17 LPA. Then 3 months before joining, it dropped to ~10 LPA (no clear explanation).

He still continued since placement rules stopped him from applying elsewhere.

They even sent joining goodies… and now, just 2 months before joining, the offer is suddenly revoked.

Now he’s left with no job, missed opportunities, and is mentally exhausted.

Is this normal? What are freshers supposed to do in situations like?

The pic attached is of different guy whos offer was also revoked.

My tcs nextstep portal status looks like this.

I gave exam on 26 march, received survey mail on 1st April and application form on 3rd April. since then no updates from tcs, i don't got any mail regarding interview details like venue, date and time. is there anyone facing the same situation and waiting for interview details mail?

I am in 3 year end in 4 year company will start what to this is my resume what I need to improve please guide me

Placed on campus 🎓✨

GenC @Cognizant

Received LOI in Jan ’26 for PAT role

Grateful for the opportunity, now waiting for the OL…

Anyone knows the usual timeline?

TCS Digital Interview Experience
DATE - 4 April 2026
Location- Bhopal

I had a three-panel interview. One panelist was just sitting on the sidelines and never uttered a word from his mouth.

First Panel :-

The interviewer asked what programming languages I know. Then he gave a scenario-based problem: there are around 100 real-time Windows and Linux servers, and they should automatically shut down at Saturday 00:00 and start again at Monday 00:00. He gave me about 15 minutes to solve it.

I thought about it for around 5 minutes but I had never worked on such problems before, so I was not able to write any code or approach. I told the interviewer that I don’t have knowledge about this as I have never dealt with such tasks. He then asked if I could write the code in C/C++, and I said no sir.

After that, he asked me some unrelated questions like what I had for breakfast and what flavours I liked, and also asked about water. Then he said he was done from his side.

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Second Panel :-

The second interviewer saw that my profile is Data Science related and started asking questions.

* Difference between Deep Learning and NLP → I started answering that Deep Learning deals with images and videos like I have done in my project, and NLP works on text like my project. The interviewer cut me in between and asked if NLP can work on images and videos. I confidently said no sir. Then he asked if it works on text, and I said yes sir, it works on text.

* Asked about Linux → I said I don’t have knowledge about Linux but I had installed it once on my friend’s system using GitHub instructions.

* Asked if I know any Linux commands → I said I don’t recall any commands.

* Asked about Computer Networks → I said I don’t have much knowledge, only basic concepts from my course.

* Asked to recall anything from Computer Networks → I said I studied about some layers.

* Asked which layers → I said data control layer and transport layer.
* Asked what is transport layer → I said it is the layer that controls the packets of data sent and received.

* Asked about adapters → I said I don’t know.

* Then he specified WiFi adapters → I said they are used to send data wirelessly.

* Asked about LAN → I said it stands for Local Area Network and is used to share data in a wired way.

* Asked difference between TCP and UDP → I first said Transfer Control Protocol but could not explain further. Then he asked for full form and difference, and I said I don’t know.

The interviewer was asking questions very quickly and was not giving much time to think.

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Overall Experience:

The interview experience was bad as most of the interview questions were from areas like servers, Linux, and computer networks. No Questions were asked from my resume and only one question was asked from my Data Science domain. I answered honestly based on what I knew, but many questions were from areas I had not worked on before. Interviewer were not harsh but friendly upto a point. My panel was only like that among all the other panels, which asked about areas not in resume. Almost similar thing happened with me for last year TCS digital interview. I think that my chances of NQT are over and if someone has had similar experience and got OL do let me know as it boosts a little moral.