HCL Interview Experience for Software Engineer

A total of 300-400 students from CS/IT ECE appeared for the On-campus recruitment process, Out of which 40 were selected. The process involved a total of Two rounds. I will try to walk you through my experience and also give you some tips/advice for each round.

Round 1: Online Test

• There are three Sections.
• The First Section was Based on Aptitude and covered some of the Topics like Quants..etc.
• The Second was Computer Fundamentals, some basic Excel and Computer Shortcuts also covered programming concepts in Data structures, DBMS, and other concepts
• Two Coding Questions are very basic and easy questions.
• The first question is about Armstrong type Question and the Second one was given an array and value k we have to count the elements which divisible by k

Tips for this round: 

• You must be very good at Programming Concepts and aptitude.
• Stay calm at the time of the test. Just do your best.

Round 2: Technical Interview

Time: 0 mins

• The best part is there is no Technical Interview the Selected candidates from Online Test are directly sent to HR Interview.
• Out of 300 people 120 members qualified for the HR Interview.

Tips for this round: 

• Stay Calm.

Round 4: HR Interview

Time: 15 mins

• Greeted HR and the first question was “Tell me about yourself”.
• Started giving Self Introduction and said about the project in my SD.
• The next question was briefly explained about your project and questions were asked how it is different from others.
• And she also questioned me about the hobbies mentioned.
• What do you know about our Company and what is the annual income of the company also who is the CEO of the company?
• Would you work on weekends and can you put extra hours in working days
• How do you handle pressure, and willingness to relocate a job location?
• Surprisingly, HR asked what is a constructer.
• And, lastly, She briefed me about the company and technologies used and also about the training period.
• Explained about Service Agreement

Tips for this round: 

• Be confident and Interactive.
• Research the company and the roles and responsibilities of an employee.
• The HR was very friendly our interview went like a discussion.