Round 2 (Technical Interview – 1 hour 20 minutes)

I was first asked to introduce myself and explain my projects.

The interviewer then asked my preferred programming language, to which I replied Python.

I was then asked to explain Exception Handling in Python. GFG Page: https://www.w3wiki.org/python-exception-handling/

He then shared a link to a whiteboard and an online compiler, asked me to share my screen, and began giving me coding questions.

He first asked me to find the length of a string without using any library functions. GFG Page: https://www.w3wiki.org/find-length-of-a-string-in-python-4-ways/

He then gave me an arithmetic, if-else, and string formatting question by asking me the output of some arithmetic questions in if-else blocks. The outputs used f strings for string formatting. GFG Page: https://www.w3wiki.org/formatted-string-literals-f-strings-python/

He then gave me a multiple inheritance question in Cpp and asked me the order the constructors will be called in. GFG Page: https://www.w3wiki.org/order-constructor-destructor-call-c/

He then gave me a coding question on the minimum number of steps needed to cover a set of points in an infinite grid with 8 possible moves. GFG page: https://www.w3wiki.org/minimum-steps-needed-to-cover-a-sequence-of-points-on-an-infinite-grid/

He then asked me to print the squares of an array in ascending order, if the original array is in ascending order. GFG page: https://www.w3wiki.org/sort-array-converting-elements-squares/

There were no questions on Computer Networks or Operating Systems asked of me, but a few of my friends were asked basic questions on those topics.

I got selected and received the link for the third round around 3 hours after the interview.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise came to my college campus on 9th September for job recruitment in two roles: Software Development/ Software Automation and Quality Assurance. There was an 80% cutoff for classes 10 and 12 and the CPGA cutoff was 7.0. There were a total of 719 students selected for the first round. The entire hiring process was split into 4 parts.