ACL Digital

ACL Digital typically hires through its careers page, job portals such as Jobaaj, campus placements at engineering colleges, and employee referrals, with the process broadly similar to other mid-size IT and product engineering firms.

1. Application and resume screening

Recruiters screen resumes for relevant technical skills, such as programming languages, embedded systems or cloud platforms matching the open role.

2. Online coding or technical assessment

Candidates take a coding test or technical assessment covering programming fundamentals, data structures, and domain-specific questions such as embedded C or cloud services.

3. Technical interview

One or two rounds with senior engineers assess coding ability, system or hardware design understanding, and depth in the candidate's stated skills.

4. Project or design discussion

Some roles include a discussion of a past project or a design problem, testing how the candidate approaches architecture and trade-offs.

5. Manager round

An engineering manager reviews overall fit, communication and readiness to work with global clients across time zones.

6. HR interview

The final round covers compensation, location, joining timeline and expectations around client-facing project work.

Most candidates go through a coding or technical assessment, one or two technical interviews, a manager round, and a closing HR discussion.

Round 1: Online coding or technical assessment

A 60-90 minute test covering programming fundamentals, data structures and domain-specific basics such as embedded systems or cloud services.

• Data structures and algorithms
• Basic embedded C or scripting questions, where relevant
• Cloud or networking fundamentals for relevant roles

Round 2: Technical interview

A 45-60 minute interview with a senior engineer covering coding problems, debugging, and depth in the candidate's primary technology stack.

• Solving a coding problem on the whiteboard or shared editor
• Debugging a piece of embedded or application code
• Explaining a project from your resume in depth

Round 3: Project or design discussion

A discussion on a past project or a design scenario, testing architectural thinking and trade-off analysis.

• Designing a simple IoT or cloud-connected system
• Improving performance of an existing module
• Trade-offs between two design approaches

Round 4: Manager round

An engineering manager reviews communication skills, teamwork and readiness to work directly with global enterprise clients.

• A time you resolved a difficult technical bug
• Working with a distributed or global team
• Learning a new technology quickly for a project

Round 5: HR interview

HR discusses compensation, location, joining date and expectations around client project timelines.

• Salary expectations and notice period
• Willingness to work with global clients and time zones
• Long-term interest in product engineering