J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez HCLTech (Gurgaon, Haryana) en mai 2025
Entretien
Today, I had the opportunity to attend an interview with HCL for Automation Test Engineer.
It was a great learning experience where I was asked interesting questions related to QA,
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Core Selenium & Automation
* Difference between `findElement` vs `findElements`?
* How to get values from dropdowns?
* Smoke vs Sanity testing?
* Bug Life Cycle?
* Regression vs Retesting?
* How do priorities work in TestNG?
* What is the WebDriver interface?
* Implicit vs Explicit wait?
* Handling OTPs in automation?
🔹 Java Programming
* Occurrences of characters in a string
* Fibonacci series program
* Reverse a string using `StringBuilder`
* Remove duplicate letters from a string
Framework & Tools
* Explain the structure of an automation framework
* How to connect files in Cucumber? What are hooks?
* How to run flaky test cases? (with code)
* Maven lifecycle?
* Jenkins – how to run jobs?
* Git: merge vs rebase? Handling merge conflicts?
* Git commands you have used
OOPs & Java Concepts
* Abstract class vs Abstract method
* Abstract class vs Interface
* Instance variables
* OOP concepts and where you applied them in a framework
Miscellaneous
* Query to find employees with salary greater than Adam’s salary
* How quickly can you learn new technologies and processes?
* Strategy to rapidly improve ROI in automation?
* Write XPath expressions from given locations
* Fetch all links from a website & check broken ones
* How to pass test data to tests?
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez HCLTech (Colombo, ) en juin 2025
Entretien
Application Submission – I submitted my CV and cover letter via email. The HR team responded within a week.
Initial Screening – A short phone call with HR to discuss my background, availability, and expectations.
Technical Interview – This round focused on QA fundamentals, test case design, bug reporting, and experience with tools like Selenium, JIRA, and Postman. It was conducted by a senior QA engineer and was quite detailed.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez HCLTech (Bengaluru) en mai 2024
Entretien
2 technical rounds was there both were scheduled for same day. If you will qualify 1st round 2nd round will be scheduled for same day. Once both round will be done next round will be schedule for later days.