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Interview Experience: TCS Prime via CodeVita Season 12 (143 Global Rank)
Summary
I successfully secured an offer for TCS Prime with a 9 LPA package, despite initial setbacks in CodeVita Round 2, by excelling in a surprise TAG Round and a subsequent technical and managerial interview.
Full Experience
✅ CodeVita Round 1 (Nov 29-30, 2024)
Solved: 4/6 Questions
Time Taken: 2 hours 40 minutes
No cheating, no shortcuts, just clean code.
Result: Cleared with Global Rank 143
❌ CodeVita Round 2
Clash with my lab externals the same day.
4-hour commute + exhaustion killed my focus.
Solved only 1 question only passing public testcases late at night.
Result: Didn’t clear Round 2 (felt crushed).
⚡ TAG Round (Jan 31, 2025) – Surprise Entry!
I didn’t receive the exam mail like others. 3 days before, got the admit card unexpectedly.
Prepared hard for 3 days: Arrays → DP → Graphs → Recursion.
Questions Faced:
Pattern Generation with RGB Colors (medium recursion)
Tallest Billboard – LeetCode Hard
Used subset sum + DP to solve.
Solved: Both questions fully
Issue: Bad keyboard, lost time initially, still pushed through.
🧑💼 Interview (Panel 2 @ Hyderabad, Feb 2025)
Mixed technical + managerial panel (2 members)
Heavily grilled on my resume (they noticed my 143 Rank)
DSA-based questions asked one after another.
Got stuck midway — but the AM (manager) helped me think through and encouraged the approach.
Took about 1.5 hrs. Came out feeling decent.
🎉 Final Result (Mar 2025)
Offer Letter Received: TCS Prime (9 LPA)
Even though I didn’t clear Round 2, TAG saved the day.
Some peers who cleared Round 2 didn’t get offers — likely due to integrity issues. Staying ethical paid off.
Interview Questions (2)
Pattern Generation with RGB Colors. This was described as a medium recursion problem.
Tallest Billboard – LeetCode Hard problem.
Preparation Tips
📚 Background
In CodeVita Season 11, I couldn't solve even one question. I was in my third year and lacked proper DSA preparation.
Some peers cleared Round 1 using Telegram answers — I chose not to follow that path. It was a wake-up call.
I dedicated 1 year to consistent DSA practice (LeetCode, YouTube, Reddit) and reappeared in Season 12.
Prepared hard for 3 days for the TAG Round: Arrays → DP → Graphs → Recursion.