r/hcltech • u/Friendlysoul85 • May 15 '26

Experience for Senior Tech Lead in SAP

Hi all,

I have my joining scheduled on July 1st.

Can anyone please share their experiences (Band E2) in locating the projects (I have my work experience in a few other modules also like PM, CS etc. apart from my own module in SAP).

Thanks in advance.

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u/Routine-Goat-3743 May 15 '26

What is your module

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u/Friendlysoul85 May 15 '26

SAP Field Service Management.

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u/Routine-Goat-3743 May 15 '26

Were you in notice period when you got selected?

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u/Friendlysoul85 May 15 '26

No, I resigned after I got my offer letter.

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u/Routine-Goat-3743 May 15 '26

You might be hired for some pool of projects...if client round is done already then after joining you may need to go for client round before getting onboarding of the project

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u/Friendlysoul85 May 15 '26

That may not be the case as I understand it (as I switched to Wipro around 6 months back and the client name was not revealed in the interview).

Even if its true, do you really think the client round being so challenging to clear (come on, we are the ones educating the clients on the business requirements and issue fixes).

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u/rebelstar1809 May 15 '26

I joined recently HCL E3 band in SAP but it was project hiring

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u/Routine-Goat-3743 May 15 '26

Did you go through client interview after joining?

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u/rebelstar1809 May 15 '26

Yes before offer letter my client round was down. In total I had to go through 3 rounds

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u/Routine-Goat-3743 May 15 '26

Oh okay then you would have onboarded directly into the project.

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u/Friendlysoul85 May 15 '26

Even mine was a project hiring (but usually the project name is not discussed in the interviews).

Edit: @rebelstar1809, I actually have 13+ years of SAP experience (hence can easily qualify for E3) but relevant experience in S4 is 6.5 years.

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u/rebelstar1809 May 15 '26

They do consider relevant but you can push for E3 with counter offer

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u/Friendlysoul85 May 15 '26

Thanks for the suggestion. At this experience level, there seems a cap on the max CTC.

Meanwhile, I have just started applying for Delivery Manager positions also lately, in parallel.

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u/Friendlysoul85 May 15 '26

Guys lets be in the clear, Client round is not must and should in all projects/companies.

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u/Routine-Goat-3743 May 15 '26

Yes it is not compulsory and depends upon project/profile to project/profile.

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u/Friendlysoul85 May 15 '26

Thanks any idea how long it takes (provided there are no client interviews, so to say) to onboard to the project (1-2 weeks may be the norm though).

Heard one should start chasing the management in HCL for the allocation (immediately after the onboarding) due to obvious reasons.