HCL Systems Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 15 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at HCL.
HCL
Systems Engineer
Senior Difficult Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Technical
They asked questions about Spring boot and microservices. They wanted to check if I had a good, deep understanding of Java OOPS, lambdas, and streams. There was a coding round and a use-case based question.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What are the intermediate and terminal operations in Java streams?
HCL
Windows Systems Administrator
Mid Difficult Negative experience Decline offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Take home Technical screen Panel Recruiter call Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
The interview process had 4 rounds: first an online written test, then a technical round, followed by a manager round, and finally an HR round. After all these interviews, you have to wait for the offer letter to be released. After multiple emails to the HR team no one responds 😡 and provide offer letter. DO NOT ATTEND INTERVIEW AT HCL. WASTE OF TIME... NO OFFER IS BEEN RELEASED TO 60 PEOPLE WHO PASSED ALL ROUNDS FOR DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you tell me about VMware 4?
HCL
System Engineer
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
There were 2 rounds. The first round was a technical interview covering introduction, next project, OOPS concepts, and basic coding questions. The second round was with HR, where they asked why I want to join the company and other basic questions.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Tell me about yourself and your next project, and explain OOPS concepts and basic coding questions.
- What are your reasons for wanting to join our company, along with other basic questions?
HCL Systems Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from HCL interview reports.
“What exactly is DNS?”
Read reports →“What's the difference between mutable and immutable?”
Read reports →“What are the intermediate and terminal operations in Java streams?”
Read reports →“What are AD FSMO roles?”
Read reports →“Could you define DHCP?”
Read report →“Can you explain the distinction between an event and an incident?”
Read report →“Tell me about rebooting a DHCP server.”
Read report →“Can you explain what AWS is and the difference between NACL and SG?”
Read report →“Can you tell me about VMware 4?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 15 HCL interview reports.