I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at HCLTech (Bengaluru) in Jan 2022
Interview
It was ok but client round was good.
they generally asked about the project which i worked on and my roles and responsibilities.
There was 2 coding round there. The other round was managerial round along with HR round for salary discussion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
project explanation and roles and responsibilities
I applied online. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at HCLTech (Pune) in Jan 2023
Interview
2 Rounds of Technical interviews. Primarily focused on Spark, ETL and Data engineering. First Round was primarily focused on Hadoop, Hive and Spark questions which includes Architecture of Spark. 2nd Round was focused on PySpark Coding experience and questions around it. Scenario based Pyspark code writing and Spark optimizations.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Explain Spark Architecture and how it works post spark job submission ?
Depending on the role, HCL may administer technical assessments or coding tests to evaluate your proficiency in specific areas. Practice coding exercises, algorithms, and technical concepts relevant to the role.