Software Engineer Interview Experience - New Delhi, India
Process
Online Assessment (2 hr) - 3 DSA questions (1 medium, 2 hard) - 18 MCQs (Operating system, Computer Networks, Git, Database) Round 1 (1 hr 10 min) - Computer Fundamentals + DSA (medium to hard) Round 2 (1 hr 25 min) - system design + OOPS Round 3 - HR
Questions
Q: Rapid fire of Core subjects (they really focus on it)
Q: You are given n servers with different capability. Each server[i] represent the time taken by ith server to run an algorithm completely. You can schedule another instance of same algorithm on the same server just after the execution of current algorithm. For eg. server[i] = 2s, so you can successfully execute algorithm at 2s, 4s, 6s so on (starting at time 0). You have to find minimum time in which total k algorithm are executed.
Q: Simple DP problem (House Robber Type)
Q: Design real-time Google Docs.
Q: Solve producer-consumer in 1 lock and 0 lock.
Q: Advance topics of OOPS.
Q: Simple DSA.
Q: Computer organization, l1 l2 l3 cache
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Tower Research Capital Software Engineer role in New Delhi, India.
Success Rate
Tower Research Capital's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New Delhi, India is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tower Research Capital's Software Engineer interview process in New Delhi, India.
Tower Research Capital Work Experiences
- 4.0Good Pay & Perks | Very long working hoursSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeGurgaon, IndiaMarch 27, 2025Pros: 1. There is good pay and in-office benefits. 2. Initial learning curve is steep but you'll learn a lot in a few months. 3. Scope of growth is infinite.Cons: 1. No work life balance. 2. Very very fast paced nature of work, so you may not be able to develop software engineering skills needed at scale.
- 4.0People are great, technically strongSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeGurgaon, IndiaSeptember 10, 2017Pros: - Technically-challenging problems - Good people management - Flexible work timings - Great pay and perksCons: - Ops/infrastructure side is weak compared to the rest of engineering, although this is improving after the recent reorg. - Company has historically been slow to adopt new technology outside of the low-latency C++ domain and slow to leverage the open-source ecosystem. Again, things are improving - for example there is a push to use web tech, Docker/Kubernetes, cloud compute services and so on. - Need for regulation/compliance means some things that are standard at companies in other business domains are missing here. For example, engineers don't have laptops.
- 3.0Overall decentSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeGurgaon, IndiaAugust 24, 2024Pros: Offers good benefits Office cabs Breakfast to dinner food Good payCons: The work environment is sometimes toxic. Upper management is getting degraded.
