HCLTech·Software Engineer

HCLTech Software Engineer interview experience

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Negative

MumbaiPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience started like a normal multi-round process but became frustrating because the timing and sequencing didn’t feel smooth.

I went through two technical rounds followed by HR, but after that I still had an additional manager round that turned out to be highly technical. The manager step was presented as a short call and then stretched out much longer, with questions coming fast.

Because the process felt unstructured, the feedback cycle also took time between rounds—roughly a week or so where each stage waited to land—so the whole thing dragged. By the time I got deeper, I was already invested, so the delays and the sudden shift in difficulty were hard to stay focused on.

Even when I cleared the technical parts,

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