Several phone calls with the recruiter regarding the salary on offer being too low, then they came back and offered a 25% increase in salary and an interview. Spent the first 10 minutes of the telephone interview having technical problems, with the phone call from India, then once that was sorted out, had a 20 minute discussion with the Interviewer about cloud migration strategies, I was not asked one single question about my CV, or about me. The interview ended with the Interviewer telling me that I would hear feedback with two days, which never happened. I tried on several occasions to get the recruiter to get feedback about the Interview from HCL, but nothing. Since then four other recruitment companies have been given the same job specifications, again offering the low salary. All in all, I wasted 2 days of my life, dealing with recruiters for HCL, never again. My advice to HCL is that if you really need a Cloud Architect that you need to improve your recruitment process and to employ better interviewers.

March 21, 2025, I just did very unhappy interview with a major consulting company HCLtech. What happen is: In interview, whether I turn on video is depend on if interviewer turn it on. When my recruiter joined and turn it on, I turn on right away. When you go off, no other have video on, I turn if off. Then I got asked to turn if on. I said if any of you turn on, then one of them turn on even though not really willing, I turn it on of course. Later he left the meeting. No other have video on again. I had to turn if off again. Then they asked me to turn it on, I repeat my standing again. He said, this is interview, he requests me to turn it on. I had to said, interview are seeing each other. I will need any of you turn it on. They stop this interview right away, I left right away. This is really disrespectful to candidate. Even interviewer get the power of offering or not, it doesn't mean he can do disrespect to candidate, escape the basic polity. Candidate has the power of join the company of not as well. The touch job market, doesn't mean candidate has to give up self-esteem. Companies shouldn't be spoiled with such arrogant.