HCL Network Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 13 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at HCL.
HCL
Network Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Recruiter call
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
it was my first company and i got placed in it, first round was coding round which consists 3 normal coding question not online 2nd round was technical question based on profile usualy they covered basic c,c++,networking,iot,cloud computing,even for some one they asked only projects, 3rd round was HR asusal tell about ur self ,are u okie with night shifts,y should i hire u like that hr was not cool bit reserved i felt over all it was good
Confirmed questions3 questions
- questions based on IOT
- questions based on Networking
- questions based on cloud computing
HCL
Network Engineer
Mid Average Neutral experience Accept offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical
Got some detailed questions about Switching and Routing. We covered things like vlan,vtp.stp,stp protection features, and ether channels. For routing, they asked detailed questions about each dynamic routing protocol like ospf, bgp, and eigrp. There were also questions about PBR.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you explain STP, VTP, and VLAN?
- What about OSPF, BGP, and MPLS?
HCL
Network Administrator
Senior Average Negative experience Decline offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
An external recruiter reached out to me, and then connected me with HCL about a role at Volvo Cars. We had several remote interviews over Microsoft Teams. The interviews covered personal and technical topics.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Could you tell me about yourself and your experience?
HCL Network Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from HCL interview reports.
“What is IPv6?”
Read reports →“What are the advantages of IPv6?”
Read reports →“What is MAC addressing and where is it used?”
Read reports →“What about the UDP protocol?”
Read reports →“What are the protocols that belong to the Application layer?”
Read report →“What are the basics of bubble sort?”
Read report →“Can you write a C program to sort numbers?”
Read report →“Can you explain the difference between BGP and IBGP, including their attributes?”
Read report →“Can you explain what a firewall is?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 13 HCL interview reports.