I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at HCLTech (Hyderabad) in Dec 2024
Interview
The interview process at HCL for the Java developer role begins with a written test during the walk-in drive. This test is 2.5 hours long and includes:
MCQs on:
Java
SQL
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Hands-on tasks:
One coding question
One SQL query
Candidates who qualify for the written test are notified within a few days (e.g., 4 days in my case) and are invited for a technical round(virtual).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The technical round of the HCL interview for a Java developer role covered a range of topics, including:
Core Java
Handling and types of exceptions
Threads and multithreading
Core OOP concepts
Discussion on whether Java is 100% object-oriented
Process of memory allocation during object creation
Collections Framework: Concepts and practical usage
SQL: Focused on joins
Tools
Git for version control
Maven for project management and build automation
As the placement process held in my campus the process went quite easy .Its Simple with introduction and project discussions and dsa quetions.they are not totally willing to take candidates of java as of now i feel and they r prefering .net pogramers
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 coding quetion to write on spiral rotation and scenarios based quetion on java collections
El proceso fue muy confuso, el entrevistador técnico fue muy ambiguo con las preguntas y parecía no estar enterado del puesto al que aplicaba. Cambio la fecha de entrevista 3 veces
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at HCLTech (Hyderabad) in Jul 2025
Interview
The interview process was smooth and well-organized. I felt confident throughout and was able to answer every question effectively. Though I didn’t get selected, it was a great learning experience for me.