HPE

Role: Aruba Intern Hiring / R&D Intern Hiring

College: Not Specified (On-Campus)

Interview Date: August 11th, 2021

Interview Type: On-Campus/Internship

Result: Not Specified

Difficulty: Medium (Aptitude), High (Technical MCQs), Easy (Coding)

Rounds: 4 parts (Online Test, Technical Interview, Managerial Round, HR Round)

Topics Asked: Aptitude (Quantitative, Logical Reasoning, Error correction, Time & work, Age problems, Probability), Technical MCQs (Networking, OS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Big data, Computer Architecture), Coding (DSA - static variables in C, void pointer in C/C++, Linked List operations), Linux, Behavioral (Introduction, knowledge about HPE, why HPE, parents' occupation, pandemic learning, higher studies).

Experience:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise visited the college campus on August 11th for recruitment in two job roles: Aruba Intern Hiring and R&D Intern Hiring. The hiring process had 4 parts.

Part 1: Online Test (100 minutes)
The test was divided into three sections:

• Section 1 (20 Aptitude questions, Medium Difficulty): Covered Quantitative, Logical Reasoning, Error correction, Time & work, Age problems, and Probability.
• Section 2 (30 Technical questions, High Difficulty): Included questions from Networking, OS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Big data, and Computer Architecture. No questions from Programming languages and OOPs were asked.
• Section 3 (Coding questions, Easy Difficulty): This was mentioned as an optional section. Any 2 out of 3 questions were required to be done in 20 minutes each, but candidates had to choose questions without reading them.

After this round, 91 students went ahead for interviews out of 350.

Part 2: Technical Interview (1 hour 10 minutes)
The first half focused on coding questions from the preferred programming language and DSA concepts. The interviewer provided a link to an online code editor and asked the candidate to share their screen. No introduction or questions about projects were asked.

• The interviewer asked about static variables in C/C++ and requested to declare local and global static variables, then explain the difference.
• Next, a question on void pointers was asked, including declaring a void pointer and a void type variable and whether an error would occur.
• Finally, the candidate was asked to write the code for a Linked List and print data of a given index.

The second half involved practical knowledge-based questions on Operating Systems and Networking.

Part 3: Managerial Round (30 minutes)
For the Aruba Role, this round was more like a Technical Interview.

• A brief introduction was requested.
• There was a 15-minute discussion on Linux knowledge, as Aruba (HPE) works majorly on Linux.
• A basic question on plans for further studies was asked.

Part 4: HR Round (10 minutes)

• "Give your introduction in detail."
• "How much do you know about HPE?"
• "Why do you want to join HPE?"
• "What is your parents' occupation?"
• "Tell me about one learning that you got from the pandemic?"
• "Do you have any plans for further studies?"