HPE Interview Experience (On-Campus) 2023

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.

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.

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

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 to 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.