Some questions for preparation of PI (Personal Interview) section under recruitment process in HCL Technologies are as follows:

Technical Interview:

What is meant by “Class access modifiers”?

What is deadlock? How do you avoid it?

What is a thread?

What exactly happens after each system call in sockets, both at the client and at the server.

Give two main differences between "Truncate" and "Delete".

Define "Access specifiers".

What is BLOCK statements in SQL?

What is an “Abstract Class”?

What do you understand by abstract classes?

Differentiate between postfix and prefix operators.

What are some negative aspects of computer networking.

Tell about strtok & strstr functions.


Differentiate between – TCP header and UDP header

What is peep stack?

What is a foreign key?

How many ways can a variable be initialized into?


HR Interview:

What are three things that your friends will say about you?

Where do you see yourself five years from now?

What do you think are the qualities that define a Team Leader?

How do your strengths overpower your weaknesses?

How ambitious are you? Would you compete for my job?

What is your biggest regret in life?

Give us two of your biggest strengths and weaknesses.

Illustrate a few of your qualities which fall in line with HCL’s vision statement.

What do you think about HCL?

What interests you most about this position?