Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at HCL with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 33 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HCL overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HCL as a Software Engineer according to 33 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Phone interview: 14%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Background check: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Personality test: 7%
Other: 7%
Group panel interview: 3%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at HCL (Chennai) in May 2015
Interview
It had five rounds.First there was a grammar round which is very easy provided your english grammar skills are good and which was followed by a group discussion round where you got to talk about something which your like for eg. your favorite sports this round is intended to test your communication and presentation skills. Those who got selected in group discussion got to attend the technical review followed by the general interview.Those who cleared both had to attend a AMCAT aptitude test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the technical round they mostly asked about c programming and general stuff.whereas in general interview seemed just like a formality not many questions were there it was easy. the only tough part in the entire process was the AMCAT test which is aptitude based test.
Interview Level is Easy. they first ask Question related to oops concept and then some core java question. After that in the second round they ask question from Spring boot.
Interview was nice and very much structured .Questions were generally from core concepts of CS. Also There were 2 rounds in interview , Hr and Technical. It was very neutral process . it was neither hard nor easy . It was moderate.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at HCL (Noida) in Aug 2025
Interview
The interview process is a multi-step procedure employers use to assess a candidate's suitability for a job, starting with resume screening and typically moving through phone or video interviews, assessments, and final in-person interviews. The process helps