HCL Online Test Pattern 2018 for Freshers for Written Aptitude

June 23, 2019

HCL Aptitude Test Pattern for Freshers 2018

HCL has a fairly simple Test Pattern. The last time HCL Exam Pattern was changed was in April 2018. When a general knowledge quiz section was also added in the test.

On this page you will find all the information on HCL Online Test Pattern 2018 or HCL Written Test Pattern 2018.

HCL Written Test Pattern For Freshers 2018

Academic Eligibility –

Candidates who have hold B.E/ B.Tech/ M.E/ M.Tech/ M.C.A (Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical, IT, IS)/ B.Sc (Computer Science, Mathematics, Electronics, Statistics, IT)/ BCA degree / Diploma can apply for campus drive of company.
You must maintain 65% in 10^th class, 12^th standard, Degree and Post graduation (if applicable) with no standing arrears or backlogs.
Candidates who drop more than two years are not allowed.
No backlogs are allowed.
Candidates must have Good Communication Skill.

Details

MCA + Engineering:
1. Branches: Computer Science, IT, Electronics & Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Electronics & Communications
BCA+BSC:
1. Branches: Maths, Science, Computer Science, Electronics

Written Test Pattern Analysis

Quantitative Aptitude – 15 Ques
Verbal English – 15 Ques
Logical Reasoning – 15 Ques
Technical Ability – 15 Ques
General Knowledge on Geography Capital of Countries and Oceans etc – 5 Ques

Aptitude

HCL Aptitude Test Pattern 2018	No. of Questions	Difficulty	Importance	Avg time to Solve
HCF and LCM	1 – 2	Medium	Medium	50 secs
Number System	1 -2	Medium	Medium	1 min
Time and Work, Pipes and Cisterns	1	Medium	Medium	50 secs
Profit and Loss	2	High	High	1 min 10 secs
Interest, Mixtures and Allegations	1 – 2	High	Medium	50 secs
Logarithms	1	Medium	Low	50 secs
Permutation and Combination	2	Low	Medium	1 min
Geometry	1 – 2	High	Low	1 min
Time Speed and Distance	1 – 2	Medium	High	50 secs
Probability	1 – 2	Low	Medium	50 secs

English

HCL Verbal English	No. of Questions	Difficulty Level	Importance	Suggested time to Solve
Sentence Correction	2	Medium	Medium	40 Secs
Reading Comprehension	3	High	High	3 mins
Grammar	1 or 2	High	Medium	45 secs
Synonyms and Antonyms	1 or 2	Medium	Medium	45 secs
Fill in the Blanks	1 or 2	Medium	Medium	40 Secs
Spelling	0 or 1	Medium	Low	30 Secs

Logical

HCL Written Test Pattern Logical 2018	No. of Questions	Level of Difficulty	Importance	Suggested time to Solve
Directional Sense	1 Questions	Low	Low	45 Secs
Logical Reasoning	2 Questions	Medium – High	High	1 min 10 secs
Coding and Decoding	1 – 2 Questions	Medium	Medium	1 min 10 secs
Data Sufficiency	2 – 3 Questions	High	High	1 min 10 secs
Pattern Analogy	2 Questions	Medium	Medium	45 Secs
Number Series	1 – 2 Questions	Medium	Medium	45 Secs
Logical Statement Assumptions	2 Questions	Medium	Medium	1 min

Technical

Computer Basics
Data Structures
OOPS

Tips for this section –

Number of Questions: 5 – 6 Ques
Difficulty Level: Low-Medium
Importance: Medium
Suggested time to solve: 20-30 Sec

Code input outputs
Networking

Facts about this section –

Number of Questions: 4 – 5 Ques
Difficulty Level: Medium
Importance: High
Suggested time to solve: 30-40 Sec

OS
DBMS

Facts about this section –

Number of Questions: 4 – 5 Ques
Difficulty Level: Medium
Importance: High
Suggested time to solve: 1min 30 Sec

General Knowledge

You can find the general knowledge pattern on our HCL GK Dashboard.

Quantitative Ability: The candidate is tested on basic Mathematical concepts like arithmetics, geometry, algebra, HCF and LCM, divisibility, decimals, powers, profit and loss, compound interest, time, speed, and distance, permutations and combinations, logarithms, and probability.

Reasoning Ability: The candidate’s logical skills will be tested. The topics included under this section are logical reasoning questions, puzzles, statements and arguments, data sufficiency, coding and de-coding, directional sense, pattern analogy, number series, deductive logic, and statement-assumption.

Verbal Ability: The candidate requires to have fundamental knowledge and verbal skills to answer this section. The questions in this section test the candidate’s grammar, vocabulary, and other verbal skills.

Technical Ability: In this section, the commonly asked questions are on data structure and algorithms, C Programming, OOPs concepts. This section is relatively difficult.

Technical Interview

The Technical Round is the second phase of the HCL Recruitment Process. Only those candidates who qualify the Online Written Test will proceed to this round. If you are from a Computer Science stream, you must be well prepared on topics like C language and data structures, OOPs concepts, database, etc. If you are not from a computer science background, you could be asked questions about past projects that you have worked on, your internship experience, project diagram, basic questions.

HR Interview

The Human Resource round is the final round of the HCL Recruitment process. The candidates who qualify the Technical round will be eligible for this round. The common questions asked in this round are, “tell me about yourself”, “why HCL”, questions related to your family background and educational background, etc, The candidate’s who make it through this round will be offered a job at HCL.