HCLTech on-campus — 90 MCQs, a GD that wasn't a GD, and two resume-driven tech rounds

## Background
This came through a **campus drive** at my college. The application itself required filling in personal details and uploading documents carefully, and the general eligibility bar was **60%+ in both 10th and 12th**.

## Round-by-round

### 1. Online assessment
**90 MCQs** covering aptitude — logical, arithmetic and verbal reasoning — along with two coding snippets where I had to fill in missing logic rather than write something from scratch (reversing a number, counting characters in a string).

### 2. Group discussion
Conducted online, and despite the name it didn't feel like a debate-style GD — it was much more about gauging **communication and confidence**. The interviewer asked fairly personal questions: a self-introduction, questions about hobbies. I answered honestly here, since follow-ups tend to expose anything exaggerated pretty quickly.

### 3–4. Technical interviews
Two separate one-on-one rounds. Both stayed close to my resume — my **projects**, along with **Java**, **C**, **SQL**, **DBMS** and **Operating Systems** concepts. I made sure I could speak to every detail of my projects in depth, since that's where most of the questioning concentrated.

### 5. HR interview
Document verification, plus a conversation about my flexibility with **shift timings** and **work location**, and a few basic questions about the company. I stayed flexible and positive throughout.

## Verdict
**Selected.**