Hewlett Packard Enterprise came to my college campus on 9th September for job recruitment in two roles: Software Development/ Software Automation and Quality Assurance. There was an 80% cutoff for classes 10 and 12 and the CPGA cutoff was 7.0. There were a total of 719 students selected for the first round. The entire hiring process was split into 4 parts.
Round 1 (Online Test): The test had 4 different parts:
- Part 1 – 20 Aptitude Questions (Medium Difficulty): Questions on probability, ratio and proportions, Interest, Profit and loss, Time and work, Age problems, Logical reasoning, and Basic Mathematics.
- Part 2 – 24 Technical Questions (Medium Difficulty): Questions mainly on Operating Systems, Computer Networks, Linux, IoT, and Cloud Computing.
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Part 3 – 12 C and C++/ Java and Python Questions (Medium Difficulty)
- Had the option to either take C and Cpp questions or Java and Python questions. I chose the C and Cpp options.
- All questions were multiple choice questions.
- Questions mainly on OOPS, Guess the output, and Error correction.
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Part 4 – 2 Coding Questions (Hard Difficulty)
- The language you could code in depends on what option you selected in Part 3. I could code in only C or C++.
- The first question was a variation of the Nobita number question on GFG. You were asked to find the sum of all Nobita numbers in a given range. GFG Page: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/stepping-numbers/amp/
- The second question was to remove all characters in a given string that were not lowercase or numerical. GFG Page: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/remove-uppercase-lowercase-special-numeric-and-non-numeric-characters-from-a-string/amp/
A total of 105 students were selected from this round for the interview rounds.
Round 2 (Technical Interview – 1 hour 20 minutes)
- I was first asked to introduce myself and explain my projects.
- The interviewer then asked my preferred programming language, to which I replied Python.
- I was then asked to explain Exception Handling in Python. GFG Page: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-exception-handling/amp/
- He then shared a link to a whiteboard and an online compiler, asked me to share my screen and began giving me coding questions.
- He first asked me to find the length of a string without using any library functions. GFG Page: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/find-length-of-a-string-in-python-4-ways/amp/
- He then gave me an arithmetic, if-else, and string formatting question by asking me the output of some arithmetic questions in if-else blocks. The outputs used f strings for string formatting. GFG Page: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/formatted-string-literals-f-strings-python/amp/
- He then gave me a multiple inheritance question in Cpp and asked me the order the constructors will be called in. GFG Page: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/order-constructor-destructor-call-c/amp/
- He then gave me a coding question on the minimum number of steps needed to cover a set of points in an infinite grid with 8 possible moves. GFG page: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/minimum-steps-needed-to-cover-a-sequence-of-points-on-an-infinite-grid/amp/
- He then asked me to print the squares of an array in ascending order, if the original array is in ascending order. GFG page: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/sort-array-converting-elements-squares/amp/
- There were no questions on Computer Networks or Operating Systems asked of me, but a few of my friends were asked basic questions on those topics.
I got selected and received the link for the third round around 3 hours after the interview.
Round 3 (Managerial Interview – 35 minutes)
- I was asked to introduce myself.
- He asked me about my school life and what I learned.
- Asked me why I chose my current college and questioned me about how good my college’s education is and how is the campus culture.
- Asked about my family background and the different languages I knew.
- What made me the most excited about HPE
- Do you have any questions for us
I was not asked any technical questions, but a lot of my friends were asked some questions on OOPS, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, and Real-world applications, and questions on DSA.
I got the link for the final round an hour and a half later.
Round 4 (HR Round – 20 minutes)
- I was asked to introduce myself
- Asked about my projects and my role in them
- Asked about my family background and the different cities I have been before
- My thoughts on higher education and relocation for internship and the job
- Why HPE
- Any questions for us
This was the final round. The results were announced 2 days later and I got selected for an Internship for 6 months + Full time. In total, 15 students were selected from my college, with four people selected as Interns and 11 people selected for Internship plus Full time.