HCL Technologies interview experience Real time questions & tips from candidates to crack your interview
Graduate Engineer Trainee
HCL Technologies
2 rounds | 2 Coding
problems
Selected Interview preparation journey
Journey
Just focus on the basics, it will help you landing in a job with atleast 3-5LPA. Focus in one language and master it. For me it was CPP. DBMS is also important. Look at the JD or the company you are applying for and prepare accordingly.
Application story
It was an On Campus drive, we got selected on the basis of a test where there were questions related to aptitude and networking.
Why selected/rejected for the role?
I was selected because I was confident throughout the interview process and I was able to give all the answers right and to the point.
Preparation
Duration: 2 Months
Topics: CPP, DBMS, OOPS, Data Structure, Cloud Basixs
Tip 1 : Stick to the basics
Tip 2 : Solve coding questions regularly
Tip 3 : Try to connect to college seniors who already got placed, get to learn from them.
Application process
Where: Campus
Eligibility: Overall 70% is mandatory.
Tip 1 : Highlight your skills
Tip 2 : Add your best projects
Interview rounds
01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Interview
Duration60 Minutes
Interview date10 Aug 2022
Coding problem1
It was basic, aptitude questions were there. Total 60 MCQs- All were aptitude, followed by networking MCQs
1. Reverse the String
Easy
15m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
You are given a string 'STR'. The string contains [a-z] [A-Z] [0-9] [special characters]. You have to find the reverse of the string.
For example:
If the given string is: STR = "abcde". You have to print the string "edcba".
follow up:
Try to solve the problem in O(1) space complexity.
02
Round
Medium
HR Round
Duration15 minutes
Interview date15 May 2022
Coding problem1
1. Basic HR Questions
HR asked me to give an introduction, and then she asked me some organisational behaviour questions, then she asked me if I'm ready to relocate and then her final question was if I'm ready to work in shifts.
Here's your problem of the day 
Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company
Skill covered: Programming
How do you remove whitespace from the start of a string?
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