Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE Interview Questions

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Bengaluru) in August 2018.

Interview

There were 6 rounds.
1) GD/Self introduction and why chose engineering
2) online test( eng, aptitude, CN SAN OS basics) total 60 questions
3) Technical interview ( questions on CN( OSI model), SAN (RAID and all) it was easy)
4) teach back session ( they will teach you some topic, for us it was storage in datacenters ( snapshots and bussiness continuity) the next day we had to teach them the same on a blackboard)
5) operational round - they will grill you for 40 mins and you have to convince them that you want only this job and you are fir for it. ( they will talk all negative things this is a call center job, do not waste your career, if you take this offer you cannot sit for other placements all that)
6) HR round
good luck!!

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 2+ weeks. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Palo Alto, CA (US)) in February 2016.

Interview

I had 1 interview with the Director of the area, it went really well and it was very conversational. Typical TMAY and some sharp qualitative questions where thrown. Round two was in their office, very quantitative and not sure if fair. They came in with a case and expected I to ask questions that would make them provide extra data. I asked the wrong questions, the ones for what they didn't have data, so it didn't go well.

Application

I applied through other source. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE.

Interview

I drop my resume on their mailbox during an event. Got a phone interview from HR and technical interview with the Direct Manager. Hired on the spot and I started after 2 months of process.

Interview

From the basic premise of a need to change, to using agile methods for design and feedback, to rolling it all out. They really are walking the talk when it comes to how best to provide feedback in a fast-moving, social enviroment. While the outside debate rages on about the value of performance management systemshas done something about it, and has spent time listening to em…

Application

I applied in-person. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Fort Collins, CO (US)) in August 2017.

Interview

Three rounds
1. Phone round interview with PO- asked about my back ground
2. Skype interview with technical team- technical questions
3. phone round interview with Manager-HR questions
It was great and easy. Panel was very friendly.

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Houston, TX (US)) in January 2015.

Interview

The process was fairly light on technical questions but focused on management experiences and project leadership. Specific questions with regard to employee issues and vision were also asked. There were three rounds of interviews with a peers.

Application

I applied online. The process took 3+ months. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Houston, TX (US)) in November 2015.

Interview

Applied online, phone call with manager, and then an onsite interview of three 30-min rounds. Was the easiest interview I went through for a full time job. HR is HORRIBLE though, and this extends to working at HPE also. They took close to two months after the manager told me I got he job to get everything processed. They didn't even respond to email from me, my manager, and the recruiter for about two weeks.

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Sunnyvale, CA (US)) in April 2016.

Interview

Interview process was standard. First round was initial screening in college career fair. Standard java questions. Coding and concepts related questions.
Then 2 rounds of phone screen, again the questions were database schema design and code in language of your preference. It was basic data structure questions. If all goes good then 5 onsite.
All the rounds are coding based and one last with manager.
Datastructure and Other design based questions. Design patterns

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Berkeley, CA (US)) in March 2016.

Interview

2 Interviews

Interview 1 -> Behavioral Interview. They described the product the team is working on and what jobs and roles an intern might fulfill. Behavioral questions like hardest bug and asked questions about resume and on relevant topics listed under the qualifications.

Interview 2 -> Technical Interview. Ask about Agile programming, RESTful API, OOP, OOD, Testing, Full Stack

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Roseville, CA (US)) in February 2016.

Interview

The interview process consisted of an info session, a managerial interview, and a "technical screening" interview over a 6 week period. I sent my application informally to a friend who works at the company, who passed it on to his supervisor. He and the supervisor were very helpful at suggesting improvements to fine-tune my resume for the positions I was applying for. After about a week of emails, they said it looked good and would pass it on to the hiring manager.

A week later, I got an email from the hiring manager saying that I looked like a good candidate and that he would like to schedule a brief phone interview with me. This part took 30 minutes and were generic interview questions, as well as questions on projects I had worked on. The hiring manager was friendly and easy to talk to and said that the next step would be to do the technical screening, which "would be a breeze", and he recommended I go straight for a full-time position rather than an internship. I asked about not having much work experience in the field, and he assured me they don't expect college candidates to have any formal experience working as software engineers and that I would learn it in the first few months of training. I told him I was definitely interested in continuing the interview process. I said that I had Spring Break the following week and that I would be unavailable from Sunday - Wednesday so it would be best to do the interview either before or after that time. He said that was no problem and that he would talk to the technical interviewer and I would have a response by the weekend.

After not hearing anything back before my trip, I returned on Wednesday to see a handful of emails from HPE in my inbox along the lines of "Hey, so-and-so would like to schedule an interview with you, what time are you free?" followed by "Still haven't heard from you, please contact so-and-so to set up an interview time" and "Hi, this is so-and-so, are you still interested in applying for the job?". I was definitely annoyed by this, but I brushed it off and scheduled an interview for that Friday afternoon, for which I had to push my leave date for a second mini trip forward to make time for the interview. I got up Friday morning and find a new email saying something "urgent" has come up and that the interviewer would have to do an earlier time that day. This was the second time I was asked to reschedule a phone call with them (the first was with somebody else regarding application information) but I tried to be understanding and went with it. I received the phone call for the interview, and this is where the fun began.

The interviewer briefly introduced herself and began asking questions. The first one was on Java, which I was very surprised by, since neither of the positions I was applying for had any mention of Java. I explained to the interviewer that I don't have much Java experience and that I hadn't used the language in at least two years, to which I was met with silence and anticipation of my answer to "What are some advantages and disadvantages of Java?". I gave it my best attempt from what I could remember (fun details below).

I anxiously waited for a question on either JavaScript, C/C++, OOP, or even Linux, but it never came. Instead, I was asked questions about concepts I had either forgotten or never learned in the first place. The interviewer had a condescending demeanor and was very hard to talk to. Two-thirds of the way through the interview I wanted to stop her and ask to make sure she was interviewing me for the positions I had actually applied for, since the questions seemed more geared towards software engineering concepts than CS or general software development. After finishing the interview, the interviewer told me that she would pass the results on to the hiring manager and that I would hear back by the end of the day. Five days later, I received an email saying they found other candidates that better fit the job.

The whole process left a bad taste in my mouth and gave me a negative opinion of a company for which I had previously liked. After going through this process, I'm actually not upset about not receiving an offer (I was given a better offer from a company I liked more just thirty minutes after getting HPE's rejection email). However, I am very disappointed in how bureaucratic and impersonal the interview process was. Interviews are for getting to know a person - how they think, how they act in certain situations, and whether or not they will be a good fit for the company and the job. In addition, interviews give the candidate insight into the company. After the longest interview process of my life, I feel like I learned absolutely nothing about the people or the culture of HPE.

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Roseville, CA (US)) in May 2014.

Interview

Generally tested on networking fundamentals and a little about every required prerequisite for the specific position that I applied for. There were also questions on data structures and other general software engineering questions. Finally, they asked about any side projects and honors/accomplishments. It was nice to see that every part of my resume was valued and not only strictly my credentials or knowledge with specific programming languages.