I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE (Pune) in Jan 2019
Interview
3 phone call rounds. Not much difficult. Mostly C basic questions, a puzzle and practical question.
coding round was little tough.
Overall smooth experience. whole process was over within a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mid level interview difficulty
1st round : Practical questions like computer boot process, what happens when usb is plugged in. Job location and preferance based questions. Initial screening round.
2nd round : basic C and java questions like data types, access modifiers, oops concepts. Questino about when to use which language with example and why. One probability based puzzle https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/puzzle-50-red-marbles-and-50-blue-marbles/.
3rd round : Operating system related questions like difference bet thread and process. Paging algorithms. basic linux commands. what is PCB.
4th round : face 2 face paper coding round :
1. two linked lists are intersecting at multiple nodes, like a chain. Print intersecting node values. you can use any type of linked list with any kind of structure. no constraint. with any number of pointers in struct.
2. Array with random 1 and 0. Separate 0 and 1 on left and right side of array without using other datastructure.
100% Solution to any of coding question was expected, just thought process and coding fluency was important.
5th round : HR call for salary negotiation.
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%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
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