I applied through university. I interviewed at Thoughtworks (Bengaluru) in Sept 2014
Interview
29-sep-2014
It was an awesome experience.
I had gone through nearly 8 rounds
1.short code round (20-30 mins)
a.accept a week day like wednesday and a number like 2 then display sum as friday and subtraction as monday
b. display all odd numbers whose sum of digits is 7
2.logical round(1.15mins)
it is all about flow chart which u can get in net first two problems may change
3.pair programming round(1.30 mins)
a thoughtworker will be guiding u on the problem
problem statement
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An airlines company has several planes of the same type.Each plane has a seating capacity of 24 X 3 rows and 8 seats in each row split has shown.
1 [a] [b] [c] [d] [e] [f] [g] [h]
2 [a] [b] [c] [d] [e] [f] [g] [h]
3 [a] [b] [c] [d] [e] [f] [g] [h]
If 4 people book-allocate 4 seats in middle row.Else 2 on the right and 2 on the left.
if 3 people book- id middle section is empty,allocate there continuously.Else go to next row middle section.
if 2 people book-allocate the edge seats.
if 1 person has booked -then allocate whatever free seat available.
eg-
input 4
output-1c 1d 1e 1f
input-3
output- 2c 2d 2e
input-2
output-1a 1b
4.technical 1(1hr)
which is your favourite subject and practical questions on it,real world implementation,
how u could map ur knowledge to application level.no definitions only class diagram ,piece of code
what is dangling pointer ?
what is inheritance?implementation...
polymorphism ,function overloading,operator overloading
data abstraction,data hiding
how c++ different from c
when u save ur program how it stores to memry ..context switching
pointer to pointer etc
friend function
few dbms queries on join operation aggregation ,count
5.technical2(1.30mins)
most difficult round
4 subjects which u like other than c,c++ java
i said
os
dbms
networks
ada
what is semaphores
mutex
process scheduling
paging
page faults
deadlocks 4 conditions how to resolve
program to swap the words in string
eg hai hello cool
o/p cool hello hai
i used src and destn strings and did it later he askd me to do without using one more menory space only within src string
if u have x1 y1 ,x2 y2, x3 y3 numbers
eg x values 1 5 7
y values 2 3 0
get minimal sum of xy
ie 7*0+5*2+1*3=13
when type some website how it is treated by browser to go to server
class diagram for banking system for some statement
osi layers
queries in dbms
normalization 1NF 2NF so on
about project
websites u daily visit
they opened dat particular site and asked few questions on it
and few mor questions
6.leadership round(30 mins)
tell me about yourself
family
why thoughtworks
if ur manager is not training u properly wt wld u do
what is the suggestion fr rejected candidates
fav actor
how many elements in periodic table
wt is cosec2theta
abt hobbies
tell me a short poem nw which u had written
7.values round(45mins)
how ur life values matches to company values
discussion abt society ur opinion hw do u care fr society ur contribution
8.aptitude(12mins)
50questions
increaing order of difficulty i solved 25
try as much as u can
sugesstions:dont panic be confident abt ur answers
technical rounds wil b bit difficult they try to pressurize u bt handle the situations well
all d best
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
technical 2 os questions like mutex semaphores monitors
The interview consists of two rounds and takes about a month. It mainly asks about the understanding of the business and the ability to cooperate with others, and also includes some assessment of personal technical abilities
I was referred into Thoughtworks Bengaluru. After a basic HR screen, a PM grilled me on BA-style scenarios. After that, I prepped a two-day case study to roleplay a consultant.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Thoughtworks (Singapore) in May 2026
Interview
friendly but efficiency, the interview process more emphasises on your experience, thought process and understanding of whole architecture, and any improvement can be made based on the scenario / case study
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you think of any improvement can be made on existing architecture? if yes have you suggest to your team?