Lead Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at HCLTech with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 88% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Lead Consultant roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 16 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HCLTech overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HCLTech as a Lead Consultant according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 15%
Phone interview: 12%
Presentation: 10%
Other: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at HCLTech (Chennai) in Dec 2020
Interview
There were 3 Technical deep dive rounds before HR round. All the three rounds Focused on all the current frameworks and areas we have Hands on. Each interview lasted 1 hr
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Question 1
All the questions were technical on the current Hands on we had
The interview process was structured and professional. It began with an initial HR screening focused on my background, project experience, and notice period. The next round was a technical discussion where I was asked detailed questions on Power Apps Canvas Apps, Dataverse architecture, and automation using Power Automate and Azure DevOps pipelines.
A third round involved a practical scenario—designing a dynamic approval flow and explaining how I would implement environment-based configurations and service connections in Azure DevOps.
The final round was with the hiring manager, which focused on my problem-solving approach, cross-team collaboration, and project delivery experiences. The entire process took about two weeks, and communication was timely and transparent throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to explain a complex Power Apps solution I built and how I optimized performance using collections and delegation
The discussion primarily revolved around use-case–oriented questions designed to assess practical problem-solving abilities. In addition, there were a number of technical questions aimed at evaluating my subject-matter knowledge and depth of expertise. Overall, the focus was on understanding how theoretical concepts can be applied to real-world scenarios, supported by a few direct technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It is more of use case based questions and some technical questions.
Interview experience was smooth. One round of technical followed by HR. Technical interview was not hard. HR round included basic questions of introduction , salary expectation, location preference, remote work, company benifit etc. overall interview process was not too hard