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HCL Software Engineer interview experience

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NagpurPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was a mix of aptitude and technical MCQs, and it immediately set the tone.

I had quantitative problems and logical reasoning with grammar and comprehension, alongside programming fundamentals questions in C and Java and output-based items. There were also DBMS, OS, and networking topics, plus pseudocode-style questions that made me slow down and think carefully.

Once the screening-like part was done, I reached interviews where the technical questions became more targeted. My experience there mixed coding with core theoretical follow-ups, and it also included database-related query-style work as well as additional theory and framework-focused questions. Overall it

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