TESSOLVE — FRESHER INTERVIEW
PREPARATION
3 Rounds • Real Candidate-Reported Questions • Answers
Important: These are questions reported by Tessolve candidates on Glassdoor, supplemented with closely related
core questions. The exact campus-drive pattern can vary by role and location. A July 2026 Post-Silicon Validation
report described 4 rounds (online technical test, 2 technical interviews, HR), while a 2025 Chennai GET report
described aptitude + C + basic electronics in an interactive interview. ■cite references omitted in PDF; source links
listed below.
ROUND 1 — ONLINE / WRITTEN TECHNICAL TEST
1. What is a diode?
Answer: A two-terminal semiconductor device that mainly allows current to flow in one direction.
2. What is a transistor?
Answer: A semiconductor device mainly used for switching and amplification.
3. What is a rectifier?
Answer: A circuit that converts AC into DC.
4. What is a PN junction?
Answer: The junction formed between P-type and N-type semiconductor materials.
5. What is the VI characteristic of a PN junction diode?
Answer: It shows the relationship between diode current and applied voltage in forward and reverse bias.
6. What is an op-amp?
Answer: A high-gain differential amplifier used for amplification, comparison and signal processing.
7. What is a filter?
Answer: A circuit that passes desired frequency components and attenuates unwanted ones.
8. What is ADC?
Answer: Analog-to-Digital Converter; it converts an analog signal into a digital value.
9. What is DAC?
Answer: Digital-to-Analog Converter; it converts digital data into an analog signal.
10. What is KCL?
Answer: The algebraic sum of currents at a node is zero; current entering equals current leaving.
11. What is KVL?
Answer: The algebraic sum of voltages around a closed loop is zero.
12. What is Ohm's law?
Answer: V = IR, at constant physical conditions such as temperature.
13. What is a flip-flop?
Answer: A sequential circuit capable of storing one bit of information.
14. What are universal gates?
Answer: NAND and NOR; either can be used to implement all basic logic gates.
15. What is a register?
Answer: A group of flip-flops used to store binary data.
16. What is a counter?
Answer: A sequential circuit that changes state in response to clock pulses to count events.
17. What is C programming used for in embedded systems?
Answer: C provides efficient, low-level control of memory and hardware with relatively small runtime overhead.
18. Write C logic to swap two numbers without a third variable.
Answer: For integers: a = a ^ b; b = a ^ b; a = a ^ b; assuming a and b are distinct variables. An arithmetic method is
also possible, but XOR avoids arithmetic overflow concerns.
19. Write a C program/logic for factorial.
Answer: Initialize fact = 1; loop i from 1 to n and multiply fact by i. For n=5, result = 120.
ROUND 2 — TECHNICAL INTERVIEW 1
1. Explain resistor, diode, transistor and rectifier.
Answer: Resistor limits current/sets voltage; diode conducts mainly one way; transistor provides
switching/amplification; rectifier converts AC to DC.
2. Explain BJT vs MOSFET.
Answer: BJT is primarily current-controlled; MOSFET is voltage-controlled and has very high input impedance.
3. What is forward bias and reverse bias?
Answer: Forward bias reduces the PN junction barrier and permits substantial current; reverse bias increases the
barrier and only small leakage flows until breakdown.
4. What is a capacitor used for?
Answer: Energy storage, filtering, coupling/decoupling and transient support.
5. What is a common-emitter amplifier?
Answer: A BJT amplifier configuration with emitter common to input/output reference; it provides voltage gain and
phase inversion.
6. What is a clipper and clamper?
Answer: A clipper removes/limits part of a waveform; a clamper shifts the DC level of a waveform.
7. What is a multiplexer?
Answer: A digital selector that chooses one of multiple inputs and connects it to a single output.
8. Latch vs flip-flop?
Answer: Latch is level-sensitive; flip-flop is edge-triggered.
9. What is propagation delay?
Answer: The time between an input transition and the corresponding output transition.
10. What is setup time?
Answer: Minimum time data must be stable before the active clock edge.
11. What is hold time?
Answer: Minimum time data must remain stable after the active clock edge.
12. What is K-map used for?
Answer: Boolean-function simplification to reduce logic gates and circuit complexity.
13. What is CMOS?
Answer: Complementary MOS technology using NMOS and PMOS devices; it is widely used because of low static
power consumption.
14. What is a pointer in C?
Answer: A variable that stores the memory address of another variable.
15. What is bit manipulation?
Answer: Operating on individual bits using operators such as &, |, ^, ~, << and >>.
16. How would you troubleshoot a circuit?
Answer: Start with visual inspection, then verify power and ground, check shorts/opens, measure key nodes, isolate
the faulty block, and verify the repair.
ROUND 3 — TECHNICAL INTERVIEW 2 / ADVANCED TECHNICAL
1. Why are decoupling capacitors placed near IC power pins?
Answer: They provide local transient current and reduce high-frequency supply noise, helping keep the IC supply
stable.
2. What is a ground plane?
Answer: A large copper region connected to ground that provides a low-impedance return path and can reduce
noise/EMI.
3. What is EMI?
Answer: Electromagnetic interference: unwanted electromagnetic energy that can disturb circuit operation.
4. What is PCB routing?
Answer: Creating copper-trace connections between components while satisfying electrical and manufacturing
constraints.
5. What is a via?
Answer: A plated connection that electrically joins copper layers in a PCB.
6. What is DRC?
Answer: Design Rule Check; verifies PCB layout rules such as clearance, trace width and spacing.
7. What is ERC?
Answer: Electrical Rule Check; identifies potential electrical/schematic connection problems.
8. What is a Gerber file?
Answer: A standard manufacturing data file describing PCB layers such as copper, solder mask and silkscreen.
9. What is BOM?
Answer: Bill of Materials: the component list needed to build the product/PCB, including part information and
quantities.
10. Microprocessor vs microcontroller?
Answer: A microprocessor generally relies on external memory/peripherals; a microcontroller integrates CPU, memory
and peripherals in one IC.
11. What are UART, SPI and I2C?
Answer: UART is asynchronous serial communication; SPI is synchronous multi-wire communication; I2C is a
two-wire synchronous bus using SDA and SCL.
12. What is PWM?
Answer: Pulse Width Modulation; varying duty cycle controls average voltage/power in many applications.
13. What is an interrupt?
Answer: A hardware/software event that causes the processor to temporarily service an urgent task before returning
to normal execution.
14. What is semiconductor testing?
Answer: Verifying that a chip/device meets required functional and electrical specifications.
15. What is validation?
Answer: Checking that the product works as intended in its target use and satisfies requirements.
16. Explain your project.
Answer: My project is a Battery Health Monitoring and Life Prediction System with Smart Thermal Management for
EVs. We monitor battery parameters such as voltage and temperature using sensors and a controller, estimate battery
state such as SOC/SOH, and use thermal management to control temperature. IoT can provide remote monitoring,
while prediction methods such as LSTM and state-estimation methods such as EKF can be used for life/health
estimation.
17. Why did you choose the EV battery project?
Answer: Battery safety, ageing, temperature and remaining useful life are important for reliable EV operation. The
project combines EEE, sensors, embedded control and data-based monitoring.
18. What is SOC?
Answer: State of Charge: an estimate of the battery's remaining charge, usually expressed as a percentage.
19. What is SOH?
Answer: State of Health: an indication of the battery's present condition/capacity relative to a healthy reference
battery.
20. Why monitor battery temperature?
Answer: High temperature can accelerate ageing, reduce performance and create safety risks; monitoring enables
protective thermal control.
QUICK REVISION — MUST PREPARE
• Digital: logic gates, NAND/NOR, K-map, MUX/DEMUX, flip-flops, counters, registers, setup/hold time, propagation
delay.
• Analog: diode, PN junction, BJT, MOSFET, op-amp, rectifier, filters, clipper/clamper.
• Network: Ohm's law, KCL, KVL, RLC, basic circuit analysis.
• C: pointers, arrays, functions, bitwise operators, factorial, swap, palindrome, prime/Fibonacci.
• Embedded: microcontroller, GPIO, ADC, DAC, PWM, interrupts, UART, SPI, I2C.
• PCB: trace, via, footprint, SMD/THT, ground plane, DRC/ERC, Gerber, BOM, grounding, decoupling, EMI.
• Project: block diagram, components, your exact contribution, working, SOC/SOH/SOP, temperature control, IoT,
LSTM/EKF.
SOURCE NOTE
Questions were selected from candidate-reported Tessolve interview experiences, especially recent 2026 reports.
Exact questions and round structure can change by role, campus and location.
Glassdoor Tessolve interviews (updated 29 Jul 2026): [Link]
Glassdoor Tessolve Chennai GET interview:
[Link]
Glassdoor Tessolve Coimbatore interview:
[Link]
Glassdoor Tessolve Visakhapatnam interview:
[Link]