HCL

Candidate
Profile Offered
Work Experience

Manpreet Singh
Business Developer
3 years- TCS

Pre Process
Application form
(Y/N)
If Yes, questions
Psychometric test
(Y/N)
Written Test (Y/N)
Written test
details
Interview Rounds

(To be mentioned in bullet points)

N

Process (GD + PI)

GD Topics

(To be mentioned in bullet points)

NA

Profile Sector
Specific questions

NA
N
N
NA
2 rounds- 1 technical, 1 HR

HR Based

General
Questions

Unnati- IT sector (sector Manpreet works in) specific questions.

What do you do in Unnati

How do you track sectors and analyse stocks

What stock recommendations have you given

Why did you recommend HCL as a stock
What do you know about the HCL business model; what is our
strategy for growth, where is HCL beating its rivals
In general if youre asked to study a sector, how do you collect data
How do you develop your business
Pharmaceutical sector related questions since the client Manpreet
would end up working on at HCL was a pharmaceutical company

How can you reduce costs for Merck

Tell me something about yourself
Location flexibility- would you be willing to work out of Chennai
Hobbies- fan of Christopher Nolan. Questions related to that.
Work experience related questions in reference to a point
mentioned in the CV- enabled business growth and also quantified
it

What was your role here

How did you take up the issue with the client

What kind of team additions did you make after that

Were you familiar with stock markets before joining MDI
Basic stock trading questions
How can you improve the response of business school students to
Ideathon (Business school competition organized by HCL), make it
more interesting

Asked the interviewers

Long term prospects at HCL

Training opportunities
How did you prepare for the Interview Process? How much according to you was relevant?

Prepared HR based questions

Pitched work experience in a way that made impact

Prepared for the Unnati sector- IT

HCL was a part of a stock pitch so knew about it through and through- their processes, their
quarterly results, future strategy
Followed current affairs and business news regularly
Was thorough with my work experience

Was expecting questions on IT and work experience so mainly prepared on that. Unnati sector research
helped with the latter.
Why do you think, you were selected?

Relevance of work experience in relation to Business Development

Good knowledge of HCL and its business model

Was able to demonstrate skills in sector specific research

Was flexible with location choices

Asked questions wherever in doubt, showed that I was serious about the company