I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at HCL
Interview
Straight forward interview process. Speak with HR, then with project management. The questions asked may be related to the project but will likely include some type of customer service related questions
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Explain one situation where you failed to meet a customer's expectations on the first call? How did you remedy the situation?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at HCL in Oct 2025
Interview
I got this opportunity for referral.
R1 - Senior Developer/Analyst
R2-Product Manager
The interview is moderately tough, but can be cracked if have knowledge on latest trends like AI as they primarily focused on AI for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you debug a [system/problem]?
What are your weaknesses?
Why do you want to [work here/for this company]?
How would you measure the [metric/performance/impact]?
Can you interpret the data shown on these graphs?
How will your past experiences help you in this role?
What past experience do you believe [is most relevant]?
Why is there a gap year in your resume?
Tell me about yourself.
Why did you leave your last job?
Describe a tough period in your career.
They just arranged a group discussion in 1st round and they arrange for one to one with manager. That's just a generic discussion only. So it's kinda fine only. For fresher this one is ok.
It was very quick it was happened
Asked all technical questions with live scenarios
For experienced people
There will be two technical interviews
Rest is normal
There will be two technical interviews
Rest is normal
HCL interviews FAQs
Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at HCL with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Analyst roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Analyst according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Background check: 15%
Phone interview: 15%
Drug test: 15%
Presentation: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
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