Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE as a Software Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 21%
Phone interview: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Personality test: 7%
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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 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 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 .