HCLTech·Software Engineer

HCLTech Software Engineer interview experience

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Nāgpur, MaharashtraPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I experienced HCLTech as a longer, more filtered process that leaned heavily on assessment-style rounds before I ever got to a deeper conversation.

After resume shortlisting, I was invited to a paper-based coding test where I had to write out a coding answer. The process then kept going with additional phases—there were multiple evaluation points over a period that dragged out to more than a couple of months—and each step seemed to build on the previous one.

When I finally reached the technical conversations, it wasn’t just about one topic. I started with intros and then they challenged my gaps—like why my academics weren’t strong—and then I was asked DSA questions. After that, there were puzzle-style questions too, and the HR round

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