HCLTech Engineer Interview Questions
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and how the experience turned out.
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First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at HCLTech.
HCLTech
Lead Engineer
Lead Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding Presentation
It was like a hackathon to see if I had the technical chops and could solve real problems. They gave me a real-world problem and a time limit. I had to figure out the problem, prep the data, engineer features, pick a model, train it, and see how well it did. It was all about practical ML stuff, not just theory. They checked my code quality, logic, algorithm choices, and my overall strategy. I had to explain my choices, what I assumed, and what the results meant. They judged me on if I got the right answer, if it was clear, efficient, and if I could actually make something that worked on time. Basically, it was a hands-on test of problem-solving, ML basics, and getting things done like in a real dev job.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Questions regarding AI/ML.
- Questions about my project.
HCLTech
Lead Engineer
Lead Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Offer
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
I went for a walk-in interview for the Lead Engineer role and got selected. However, I asked for 9 LPA, so they put my profile on hold for 10 days with no update. My friend, who has more experience than me, got an offer for 11 LPA after the final interview process. I'm not sure if there's partiality, or if they could have just told me the budget allocated for me.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you tell me about your years of experience with CREO?
HCLTech
System Design Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience Decline offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
It was good. It consists of one technical and one HR rounds. The technical rounds were about C/C++ Programming and the basic electronics. Finally the HR round took place where they discussed the company's environment, work balance, etc.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Can you explain a for loop in your own words?
- Questions about C/C++ Programming were asked.
- Basic electronics concepts were tested.
HCLTech Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from HCLTech interview reports.
“In Java, how would you find the second highest number in an array?”
Read reports →“What is the difference between a for loop and a while loop?”
Read reports →“Can you write a program to sort a map by its key using Java 8?”
Read reports →“How can you set a bit without using the shift operator or the "pow" operator?”
Read reports →“How would you write Java code to retrieve a date from a database?”
Read report →“Can you implement reversing a linked list and deleting the second to last node?”
Read report →“Can you write a Java program to reverse a string and also find duplicate characters and their counts?”
Read report →“Can you explain how to take a screenshot of a specific element, rather than the entire page?”
Read report →“Write a program to identify machine-password pairs given available machine codes, passwords, and incompatibility rules, accounting for unmatched passwords and missing passwords for certain machines.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 203 HCLTech interview reports.