Me postulé a través de una agencia de empleos. El proceso tomó 1 día. Acudí a una entrevista en TIAA (Pune) en oct 2018
Entrevista
First of all - DO NOT EVEN GO FOR THE INTERVIEW.
I went for the interview even after reading all the bad reviews about TIAA's interview process because I was fooled by the consultancy. I cleared all the rounds and after 4 days got a congratulatory mail and they asked for all the relevant documents. After that, I waited for 2 more weeks and never heard back from them or HR. Now, I have given up. If you go in TIAA, probably you will never hear back from HR because as per my experience and other Glassdoor reviews they have a shortage of HR's. On the day of the interview, you will only see consultancy people. I took leave on the weekday and went for the interview. That was a complete waste of time... :(
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
-spring configuration of beans (autowiring byType, byName)
-Index in database
-query using groupBy and having
-What is an index, primayKey, uniquekey, Diff between primaryKey and uniqueKey
-Program to find if a string is properly inclosed. i.e. ((ada))hd(())(()) is propery inclosed.
-One more program related to finding subarray of maxlength using dynamic programming.
-Everything about micro-services/java8/cloud technologies.
Me postulé a través de una agencia de empleos. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en TIAA (Pune) en may 2025
Entrevista
Despite clearing the final round, there's been no proper feedback from HR. Repeated follow-ups are ignored, and it feels like fake interviews are being conducted without genuine intent to hire.
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Pregunta 1
1. What is the difference between Task, Thread, and async/await in .NET?
2. How does the IEnumerable interface differ from IQueryable? When would you use each?
3. What are extension methods in C# and how do they work under the hood?
4. Explain the concept of boxing and unboxing. How does it impact performance?
5. What is the difference between a struct and a class in .NET?
6. What are value types and reference types? Give examples.
7. How does the garbage collector work in .NET? What are generations in GC?
8. How does dependency injection work in .NET Core? What are the lifetimes of services?
9. What is middleware in ASP.NET Core? How does the pipeline work?
10. What is the difference between AddTransient, AddScoped, and AddSingleton in DI?
Me postulé a través de una agencia de empleos. El proceso tomó 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en TIAA (Pune) en feb 2024
Entrevista
Worst.
Reis HR consultants invited me to TIAA office at 8.30. it was 20 kms away from where I live.
I reached at 8.15 and then they made us wait till 10.30 to give any update. At 10.30 they told me that interviews are being lined up and I might be called for interview any time. I got called for round 1 which was kind of screening round yet so much technical at 11.15 approx. Lasted for 15 mins. After half hr they told me I have cleared it and HR asked to have lunch before round 2.
Since it was a Saturday I was okay with round 2 being conducted after lunch. Post lunch , they made me wait for another 1 hr to have a interview online! Which was ridiculous. The main purpose of visiting office was to have interviews in person!!
That round 2 went exceptionally good for me and from experience of round 1 , I knew I am good fit for role they were looking for.
Interviewer was also impressed and told me frankly that they were having stack process and I was in top 3. I had got 2 tricky questions wrong.
2 days after REIS HR calls me and says I am not going ahead saying my interview was not so good.
2 weeks after another HR calls me and asks for round 2 scheduling. In the office. Again.I asked for my previous candidature and she got all awestruck and told me she would get back. Still hasn't.
Lesson learnt : Always opt for online interview.
Me postulé a través de una agencia de empleos. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en TIAA en abr 2023
Entrevista
There were total 4 rounds, three technical and one managerial. Overall the process was pretty smooth. All coordination for interview process was done by third party agency, who were very prompt in communicating regarding all interview rounds.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
1. What is your current project? Elaborate the architecture and technologies that you are working on. 2. Are you familiar with docker, what have you used it for? Mostly questions on project, AWS, terraform, some questions to understand your team abilities.