HP R&D(Hewlett-Packard ) Placement Tips

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Placement Tips

Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, United States

CEO: Meg Whitman

Founded: 1 November 2015 as part of splitting of the Hewlett-Packard company

Subsidiaries: HPE 3PAR, Aruba Networks, Vertica

President: Antonio Neri  

About HP
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (commonly referred to as Hewlett Packard Enterprise or HPE) is an American multinational enterprise information technology company based in Palo Alto, California, founded on 1 November 2015 as part of splitting of the Hewlett-Packard company. 

HPE is a business-focused organization with four divisions: Enterprise Group, which works in servers, storage, networking, consulting and support; Services; Software; and Financial Services.

The split was structured so that the old Hewlett-Packard changed its name to HP Inc. and spun off Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a newly created company. 
HP Inc., which retained the old HP's personal computer and printing business, retained the old HP's stock-price history and the original NYSE ticker symbol for Hewlett-Packard, while Enterprise trades under its own ticker symbol: HPE. 
Test Pattern
The company conducts recruitment process every year to select new candidates. The selection process of the company consists of 3 rounds. 
These rounds are as follows:
Written Exam
Technical Interview

HR Interview

The written exam conducted by HP for selection is moderate to difficult. 

The exam has around 90 questions from English Language, Analytical Ability, Quantitative Ability and Technical sections with a time allotment of 60 minutes in total.

 In the English section(around 15 questions) the students will have to solve reading comprehensions. This section also consists of basic grammar usage questions like fill in the blanks, synonyms, antonyms, paragraph completion, sentence completion, vocabulary, etc. 

In the Analytical Ability section (around 15 question) questions on data interpretation, logical reasoning questions puzzles, blood relations, statements & arguments, coding decoding, data sufficiency, pattern recognition, deductive logic, statement-assumption are regularly asked.

 The Quantitative Ability section (around 20 questions) features questions on topics like algebra, time & work, time, speed & distance, arithmetic, percentages, profit & loss, HCF-LCM, geometry etc. 

Technical (around 40 questions) section regularly features questions from topics of C & C++ programming, Data structures, Algorithms, Databases, RDBMS, etc. 

There is no negative marking in the paper.

HP India Placement Interview

In the HP India placement interview process, there will be 3 main rounds of interview. They are two technical interviews and one HR interview.

• In the first technical interview, the candidates will be asked detail questions on their projects, Operating systems and computer programming etc.
• The second technical interview will be held by higher officials. The candidates who passed the first round will only go through the second round of interview. They candidates will be asked general question on software engineering, microprocessors and other questions relating to the field of study. This interview will be mainly carried out to test the psychology and aptitude of the candidates.
• The third interview will be an HR round. The candidates will be asked about their future plans, salary expectation, when they can join the firm etc. The candidates must make sure that they answer honestly and correctly to the questions asked.

HP India Placement Test Preparation Tips

The written paper will include general objective type questions. The written test can be considered to be the easiest part in the selection procedure. 

The candidates can refer to different reference books by Yashvanth Kanithakar or other competitive exams books. The candidates must also posses’ good knowledge about C, C++, and JAVA etc.

 Before appearing the written test candidates must practice few of the samples previous years question papers. 

This will help them to answer the questions faster and will be more familiar with the question pattern. This test can be quite difficult as it is used to evaluate the aptitude of the candidates.

HP India Placement Interview Preparation Tips

Candidates who clear the written test will then be required to appear and participate well in the interview. In order to do so, the candidates need to be prepared in advance. 

Aspirants need to have a good knowledge about their project as most of the questions will be based on it. 

The aspirants must be confident when answering the questions in front of the judging panel. 

If the candidates are given an opportunity to ask any questions about the company, they must ask questions that will display the aspirant’s interest towards the firm. 

Subsequent to the two technical interviews, the candidates will have to appear for the final HR interview. 

The candidates should prepare for self introduction as well as talk on strengths and weaknesses. One thing the candidates must always keep in mind is not to be over confident. 

They must be humble at all times. In case they do not know the answer to a particular question, the candidates must let the panel know that truthfully.

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INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE (Jayant Prakash)

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Round 1: 1st Round was a multiple choice round with no negative marking, where questions were from both technical and aptitude questions.

I found aptitude question to more tougher and time consuming so i devoted more time to technical question which included data structures, C programming output and other simple questions.  

I scored less in aptitude so I was asked why i scored less by the HR manager in my final interview.

Note: Attempt all questions, if you are stucked in any question, don't waste time and move to the next one immediately and later come back to the unfinished question.

Round 2: 2nd Round was a technical 1-1 interview round, where the technical interviewer viewed all my projects listed in my resume. He asked me to explain one of the micro controller project which i did in my 5th Semester.

I explained the project nicely, also made sure that I focus more on problem that i faced during my project and how i solved the problem.

After this, he twisted some of the facts of my project and asked me solve a problem where multiple controller are involved, basically I recognized that interviewer was checking my OS concepts like scheduling, so i framed my answer in such a way that explained the concept he was diverting my project to. Rest all questions were simple and related to the things that was listed in my resume.

Round 3: 3rd Round was a Managerial Round and it was i think the decisive round for the recruitment. There were two managers , who were taking that interview.

They looked at my resume and asked me to explain some papers that  I published recently.

I asked if  I could use the whiteboard to explain them, They were impressed when I presented some of the concepts on the whiteboard.

Then they asked about one of the project did on SDN(Software Defined Networking) in the department.

After that they asked if i had plans for going for higher studies, I said “No”, they asked me a reason for not going. I lied them of family financial problem.

They look convinced. Then asked me what are my weakness.

Round 4: 4th Round was the final round and it was an HR round.

This was also my stress interview. It started well when HR manager asked me why i wanna join HP. I told that HP offers good growth and work-life balance.

Then HR manager asked why HP should recruit you. I told that i am very good at backend programming, or I wanna do innovation at HP.

All my answer were turned down by the manager. After I tried 4 or 5 times, he said that I was getting desperate for the job, which i acknowledged.

He also quoted my aptitude marks from the 1st round and then asked why, to which I told the honest reason.

He then explained me how the company worked. I was patiently listening but also i was getting nervous.

At last he pointed out the area i needed to improve. At last he asked me if I had any questions. I lost my cool and i asked if i was selected.

After this he asked me what i think. I said that I think i am selected to which he replied Yes, I believe you.

Any other queries, you can contact me on Facebook or LinkedIn:

https://www.facebook.com/jayant.at.origin

https://in.linkedin.com/in/jayantprakash11

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           Thanks to Jayant Prakash  for sharing his experience. 

Jay Jagannath Swami Nayana Patha Gami Bhaba Tume Bhaba Tume ...  

Mr. Tribikram Pradhan

Research Scholar, Dept. of CSE

Indian Institute of Technology, (BHU), Varanasi

E-Mail:  tribikram14@gmail.com