HCL Recruitment Process

This article will give you information about the company, its recruitment process, sample questions that have been asked previously, lots of experiences shared by other aspirants, and the portal where you can apply.

About Company:

HCL Technologies Limited (Hindustan Computers Limited) is an Indian multinational IT services company, headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a subsidiary of HCL Enterprise. Originally a research and development division of HCL, it emerged as an independent company in 1991 when HCL ventured into the software services business. HCL Technologies (the abbreviation of Hindustan Computers Limited) offers services including IT consulting, enterprise transformation, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D, and business process outsourcing (BPO). HCL also provides services such as DRYiCE, Cybersecurity, and Digital & Analytics.

HCL is India’s fourth-largest software company. HCL made it to Forbes Asia’s Fab 50 Companies list. HCL is placed at #958 on the World’s Biggest Companies List and #66 on the Top Multinational Performers list by Forbes in 2017. HCL was placed at #31 on the Fortune India List in 2017. Know more about HCL

Recruitment Process:

HCL conducts 4 rounds to select freshers as Software Engineers in their organization.

• Written Round (English Grammar Test)
• Voice and Accent Test / Group Discussion.
• Technical Round
• HR Round

Academic Criteria:

• 60 percent or above in B.Tech, Class X and XII.
• No backlogs at the time of the interview

Written Round:

The first round is the English grammar test which consists of 20 multiple-choice questions with idioms and phrases, comprehension, Fill-the-blanks, and synonyms.

Group Discussion Round:

The students who clear the written round are called for the Group Discussion Round. In this round they will give a topic, to put your views either in favor or against that. By this round, they want to test our communication skills. They want to check your confidence level so be calm and speak confidently. Sometimes this round is a JAM (Just A Minute) round instead, in which you would have to have one minute on the topic given to you.

Technical Round:

The students who clear the written round are called for the Technical Round. There is no hard & fast rule for which questions will be asked in this round, you can expect questions on any topic depending on the panel. To clear this round you should be clear with your basics. You should be prepared with Data structures and Algorithms, DBMS, Operating Systems, Networking, OOP concepts, and a programming language of your choice. Students from branches other than CS should prepare for the other two subjects related to their branch. CS students will be expected to write codes in the interview. They also ask questions about resumes. You may be asked puzzles in this round.

HR Round:

You may expect general HR questions like :

1. Tell me about Yourself
2. Why HCL?
3. How do you see yourself after five years from now?
4. What are your strengths and weaknesses ?

Tips :

• Be confident
• Use appropriate language
• Be polite and professional
• Listen to other’s views carefully

Interview Experiences:

It is always beneficial if you know what it is to be there at that moment. So, to give you an advantage, we provide you with the Interview Experiences of candidates who have been in your situation earlier. Make the most of it.

• HCL Interview Experiences

Questions Asked in HCL:

1. How to create a child process in linux?
2. What is the purpose of ftell?
3. Reverse Bits
4. What do you mean by pointer arithmetic?

Where to Apply?

• HCL careers
• HCL Official Website