I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Thoughtworks (Chennai) in Jul 2017
Interview
I was interviewed for the Application developer post in Chennai. After applying via referral they scheduled the interview quickly.
I was prepared well enough to crack the interview.
First Round:
It was a pair programming round in which the total time is givten as 1:30 hours to solve the problem.
The problem statement is too easy, If it would be an algorithmic challenge, then the problem can be solved with in 10 minutes.
Since the interview is conducted to check my Object Oriented skills, I carefully designed the problem to good design with OOPS concept and I have implemented 9 classes in it. The design was perfect. Initially I took 15 minutes to design and started to code.
The interviewer came after 10 minutes while I was designing and asked me that I'm having any doubts. I politely told that I understood the problem well enough and started my coding.
After an hour he came and looked my design and he seems to be satisfied with my design and asked some questions like why I'm having some classes and I explained him about that.
Later the time was up(1:45 hours up) and still have some more code to gets completed and he kept on asking that whether completed the problem or not. It made me frustrate and I said that I will be needing some more time to complete. Then he said he cannot give more time. Then he gave me one last chance to rapid up the left over code quickly and I have completed. Then the time comes to run the code.
Then Im running the code. But there is no output shown in the screen. WTF.. It doesn't throw any exception either. He debugged the code and he can't find the issue or he was in hurry. I dont know, he said that he will give the feedback to the HR and left the room.
And I was checking the code and find out the input file is empty. OMG...
Then I went to his place and saying that the input file is empty, he replied "So what do want me to do? I was given you enough time". So I immediately left the place and told all the feed back to the HR that It has not looks like a pair programming round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Simple problem solving question where we have to apply our Object Oriented skills.
Went well overall four rounds starting with Hacker rank test, Code pairing, Technical and Cultural alignment interview. Majorly focused on Oops and DSA. Java and Python are added plus, overall good experience with good interviewers
I applied through university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Thoughtworks (Hyderābād) in Feb 2025
Interview
The interview process for an Application Developer is designed to assess a candidate's technical expertise, problem-solving abilities, and overall suitability for the role. It typically consists of multiple stages, ranging from an initial screening to technical evaluations and behavioral interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe a challenging project you worked on and how you solved the problems that arose?
I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Thoughtworks in Nov 2024
Interview
It was on campus.
1st round: coding assessment(4 questions)
2nd round: code pairing
3rd round: tr
4th round: cultural and leadership round
5 got selected from our college. i was one of them.
The offers are given batches wise. if you are in a last batch like me. you will suffer a lot of waiting.