HCL interview questions
Updated 6 May 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 17%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 13%RecruiterRecruiter
- 9%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
- 9%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 8%In personIn person
- 4%OtherOther
Interview search
1,164 interviews
HCL interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at HCL as 62.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.84 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) and Frontend Developer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Eng and Junior Software Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at HCL takes an average of 13 days when considering 863 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Associate Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Graduate Engineering Trainee GET roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at HCL according to 863 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 19%
Presentation: 14%
Skills test: 13%
Phone interview: 11%
Background check: 10%
Group panel interview: 9%
Personality test: 7%
Drug test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Other: 4%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
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- Consultant(116) ;
- Software Developer(91) ;
- Specialist(80) ;
- Project Manager(58) ;
- Senior Consultant(55) ;
- Manager(51) ;
- Technical Specialist(51) ;
- Senior Specialist(49) ;
- Associate Consultant(46) .
