HCLTech interview questions

Core Selenium & Automation * Difference between `findElement` vs `findElements`? * How to get values from dropdowns? * Smoke vs Sanity testing? * Bug Life Cycle? * Regression vs Retesting? * How do priorities work in TestNG? * What is the WebDriver interface? * Implicit vs Explicit wait? * Handling OTPs in automation? 🔹 Java Programming * Occurrences of characters in a string * Fibonacci series program * Reverse a string using `StringBuilder` * Remove duplicate letters from a string Framework & Tools * Explain the structure of an automation framework * How to connect files in Cucumber? What are hooks? * How to run flaky test cases? (with code) * Maven lifecycle? * Jenkins – how to run jobs? * Git: merge vs rebase? Handling merge conflicts? * Git commands you have used OOPs & Java Concepts * Abstract class vs Abstract method * Abstract class vs Interface * Instance variables * OOP concepts and where you applied them in a framework Miscellaneous * Query to find employees with salary greater than Adam’s salary * How quickly can you learn new technologies and processes? * Strategy to rapidly improve ROI in automation? * Write XPath expressions from given locations * Fetch all links from a website & check broken ones * How to pass test data to tests?