Senior Technical Lead applicants have rated the interview process at HCLTech with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Technical Lead roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 15 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HCLTech overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at HCLTech as a Senior Technical Lead according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Phone interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 13%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at HCLTech (Chennai) in Mar 2015
Interview
Interview process starts with telephonic screening and then two direct technical rounds. In technical round, we have practical test, written test and general technical discussion. Finally HR discussion and then offer released.
Other Senior Technical Lead Interview Reviews for HCLTech
The interview process was quite easy and straightforward. Anyone with strong technical knowledge and a clear understanding of concepts can confidently answer all the questions. It mainly focused on basic technical skills, and with proper preparation, candidates should find it simple to perform well and succeed in the interview.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at HCLTech (New Delhi) in Jan 2026
Interview
My role was in AI/ML -> This is the respective questions that were asked.
1st round online leetcode where the interviewer will be sitting there and you have to pass the test cases (2 questions, medium level)
2nd round name is TP1 -> Here the general questions:
1. Describe yourself
2. ML (basic questions) -> Bias/Variance tradeoff, regularisation, hyperparameters of RF.
3rd round is TP2 -> Here is the interviewers asks your knowledge regarding LLM:
1. Have you worked with MCP?
2. What is temperature, k and p value?
3. If the RAG is processing output and model is still not giving right answers what could be the issue?
4. What new you have learned or figured out in regards to AI/LLM?
4th Round -> HR discussions and salary negotiations.
HR has provided me an offer (not officially) -> Then within a week I was provided the offer.
Interview process is structured and good. HR stay engaged till offer signing.
Overall good.
Interview process is structured and good. HR stay engaged till offer signing.
Overall good.
Interview process is structured and good. HR stay engaged till offer signing.
Overall good.
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Question 1
Technical questions
Interview process is structured and good. HR stay engaged till offer signing.
Overall good.