I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HCLTech (Bengaluru) in Mar 2022
Interview
There were total 4/5 rounds.
The position was for Jigani HCL location for their HCL Software business. Application Security researcher for their AppScan product.
1st round with Hiring Manager, who gauged me with interactions and told about the role.
2nd round was 15-20 question mental ability or coding round. 5-6 questions of general coding, 14 questions with mental ability and word puzzles. GMAT like questions.
3rd Round with Team Lead from US who assessed based on responses provided to vulnerabilities in the code.
4th round with immediate team peers who reviewed resume and asked questions on workex.
5th round with HR on salary negotiation.
Offer was released very next day. Overall 20 day process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is XSS. Types of XSS. Mitigation strategies. OWASP top 10.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HCLTech (Monterrey, Nuevo León) in Feb 2024
Interview
Fueron 2 entrevistas, 1 técnica con alguien con el mismo puesto que yo y la segunda fue con el cliente.
La entrevista técnica estaba muy enfocada con las actividades que desarrolla mi puesto, más de habilidades que de definiciones.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
cómo gestionas un proyecto ágil, qué metodología has utilizado,
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at HCLTech (New Delhi) in Sep 2022
Interview
Note : They over committed the possible CTC and initiated interviews. After interviews the HCL hiring manager kept me waiting for 1 and half month after which they refused to extend an offer and denied promising me my desired compensation.
2 rounds happened
Second round was 1 and a half hour long online coding test having 2 easy - moderate level questions
First was a face to face interview round. Asked topics were spring boot, spring security, oAuth, design patters , microservces. Average level
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Circuit breaker
2. Wiremock + spring for component testing
3. solving for better response time. ( caching , limiting DB calls, network calls etc, async calls )
4. how to debug microservices
5. How many threads run when spring boot application boots up