I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Sunnyvale, CA) in Apr 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
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Design question to design database schema. Then optimize it.
I applied online. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE
Interview
The interview process was very good. We had 2 technical rounds and 1 managerial round and 1 HR round. Both the technical rounds comprised of coding and domain knowledge of networking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Linked list, Questions on Arrays and strings. fundamentals of networking.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE
Interview
It was good and they asked too many tricky questions for a beginner role. Was promised either internship or Full time in HR round but finally didnt announce my name.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Bengaluru) in Jan 2026
Interview
Mainly questions on DSA and resume , about projects and challenges faced. General questions on skills as mentioned in resume . Have strong knowledge on DSA concepts and its basics. Some questions were also based on the internship if done any .
Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE interviews FAQs
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 68% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 72 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE as a Software Engineer according to 72 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 21%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
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