I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tesco (Bengaluru) in Nov 2016
Interview
I have more than 10 years of experience and I was contacted directly by a consultant. Not sure what is the experience criteria in Tesco for positions. But I think they are not good in mapping experience with right positions and I have a feeling they do not pay very good compared to Product companies (at least at Engineer level) but still will call you for interview.
The F2F interview lasted for more than 6 hours (including 1 hour lunch break and 1 hour waiting time)
I got a an online link for aptitude and programming test which was for about 2 hrs 35 mins. Then got a F2F call. The call started on time but after the first round there was a waiting time because the interviewer was in a meeting. The waiting time lasted for more than an hour.
Then there was another round with senior person in the team to see good practices in coding and software. Next round was HR round which a little different than the normal HR round in the sense that it had normal discussion about strength/weakness etc.
The HR was talking as to have made their mind in making an offer and were asking for references of others/friends.
But then just before I was leaving, I was told to come again next week for a coding round which I was not expecting but I agreed.
Reached on time to give the coding round. I was given hackerearth link with a Dynamic Programming problem. The interview discussed the solution and gave hint to reach to optimize solution (as I had provided a solution which was heavy in performance).
Then I was asked to code but due to less time and no API reference, the program kept giving some runtime error and then the interview said he would look at the code later and I can leave.
HR said he would call me by 3-4 PM same day to update which never happen and I understood I was not selected.
From first day of sharing numbers and asking fore more references for interview to getting rejected on basis of one problem, and not getting even a call to convey the same, shows the professionalism of the HR and the culture of TESCO.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Round 1: Coding
Implement your own HashMap
One stack problem
Round 2: Design of a system and flow and entities etc
Customer Support Dashboard
Round 3;
Coding standards and good practices etc
Round 4: HR round
Another day called for:
Round 5: Coding on HackerEarth
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Tesco (Bengaluru)
Interview
It was for nodejs backend. was asked questions related to Js like hoisting, closures etc. then moved on to questions related to nodejs and it's internal working , questions on npm etc. Then asked scenario based behavioural questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Tesco (Welwyn Garden City, England) in Nov 2025
Interview
Quick and straight forward. Starting with an online assessment which contains game-based exercises that test your logical reasoning, basic maths, emotional intelligent, and customer service skills. These game-based exercises are fair, not stressful and very straight forward with increasing difficulty to test your limit. Afterward you will also receive personalised feedbacks. Then you will also receive an invitation for video interview which contains 5 questions. These question focus on your abilities and how it is relevant to jobs as well as examples in the past that demonstrate these skills. Finally, if you get accepted, you will be invited to assessment centre.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Workplaces often require the ability to cope with complex and changing environments. Please describe a time when you had to adapt to a changing environment?
I first introduced myself, then they asked me some questions, and then I asked them some questions about the company. After that, it was over. Overall, it went very well.