Software Developer 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 Developer 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 Developer according to 33 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Phone interview: 14%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Drug test: 9%
Background check: 9%
Other: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Group panel interview: 3%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at HCL (Vellore) in Aug 2017
Interview
First round is a pen and paper test which consists of two modules.One of them is aptitude which is very much easy and some general knowledge questions were also there.
Coming to the second module it consists of basic o/p questions,dbms,os,cn,cloud computing questons which were very much easy.It is very easy to clesr the first if ou clear with your basics.
Second round is Technical interview is very easy even the below par candidates can clear it as it happened in our campus.Some of the panels were too lenient an the other are moderate
they mainly focus on your project work and basic c and c++ questions and even dbms concepts.
Hr interview is very much easy to crack basic hr questions will be asked.
Salary is 4,75,000 CTC but only 30,000 is take home.
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