HCLTech·Software Engineer

HCLTech Software Engineer interview experience

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ChennaiPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After an initial screening phase, I went into a technical path that felt like it deepened as I progressed.

The first technical part covered basics and some coding, and then I was taken into a deeper round centered on core fundamentals with live coding. Data structures came up, and the tone was practical—more about how I reason through problems than memorizing isolated facts.

Then I moved into the people side. The HR round focused on career aspirations and how I’d fit with a team—things like adaptability and how I viewed the role and culture. My experience with Java and Spring Boot also got attention earlier in the technical process, including how annotations are used and how configuration files

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