HP selection/placement procedure and Information

HP selection/placement procedure and Information

HP stands for Hewlett Packard was founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard and started the company in a rented garage in the Silicon Valley in the year 1939. They started with audio oscillators which were used by Sound Engineers. Walt Disney, one of their early customers were quite impressed with their work and started giving them orders. HP has made its presence felt in over 170 countries worldwide. They are headquartered in Palo Alto in Calif. The products range right from digital photography to digital entertainment to computing and printing needs sufficing both official as well as personal needs of customers.

The selection procedure in HP begins with a written test followed by a technical round, managerial round and lastly completing with HR interview round. The written test is usually conducted online. The written test consists of 90 questions which are divided in 3 sections. The first section consists of 50 questions that are based on verbal communication and general aptitude. The second section consists of 10 questions covering the computer and networking concepts. The third and the last section consist of 30 questions covering the programming skills and questions based on C, C++ and JAVA. The questions in this section cover topics like

- Operating System: The questions in this topic were based on Kernel, Thrashing, Paging, Multiprocessors, Threads, etc.
- Computer networking: The questions in this topic were based on Routers, LAN, WAN, Full Forms of various terms.
- Quants: The questions included of Blood relations, Venn diagrams, calendars, etc.
- DBMS: The questions here included of Data Models, Queries and File Systems, etc.
- Programming: You had to find errors and outputs on this particular section.

Once you have cleared this round, you will qualify for the next round that is the technical round. The technical round consists of SQL Queries, designing websites, what do you mean by macro reversing, a few questions on the academic project taken up by you.

Once you clear the technical round, you qualify for the next round, i.e. the Manager round. This is an interview round where technical questions and questions relating your project are asked. Some of the questions observed are:

- What should be your line of action if you are not being able to finish your work on the given deadline?
- State the difference between RDBMS and DBMS.
- If in any project your work begins only once your colleagues have finished their work and they are running late, what will you do to start your part of the work in time?
- Tell me something that you know about HP, what are your expectations from HP?
- A few questions on the project taken up by you in your academics.

Once you have cleared the Managerial round you then qualify for the last and final HR round. This round is based on personal and educational details of yours. The questions here include of preferred location, certificate courses, weakness and strengths, any leadership qualities portrayed in any particular situation, multiple languages known by you, (if any), which area do you think you will need training on, etc.

To successfully clear any interview round you need to be thorough with the subject details. Here in HP you need to be thorough with Queries, DBMS, Primary and Foreign Keys, basic programming like, FIBONACCI, Swapping of two numbers, Factorial, use of variables, etc. and the next step to clear the interview is by collecting enough information about the company, wherein you can include details like Who is the CEO, Company locations, year of foundation, CMM level of the company, number of customers and employees in the organisation. The last and the most important tip is to speak with confidence and keep in mind the body language that you display.