Hewlett Packard

Career Details
Eligibility:

Engineering Degree with 50%

Selection Process:

Written
GD
Interview

Entry Package:
2.4
Organization Details
Industry:
IT/Software, Hardware
Company Profile :

Stanford University classmates Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard founded HP in 1939. The company's first product, built in a Palo Alto garage, was an audio oscillator—an electronic test instrument used by sound engineers. One of HP's first customers was Walt Disney Studios, which purchased eight oscillators to develop and test an innovative sound system for the movie Fantasia.

HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $97.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2007.

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ)

Headquarters: Palo Alto, California

HP serves more than one billion customers in more than 170 countries on six continents.

HP has approximately 156,000 employees worldwide.

HP's 2007 Fortune 500 ranking: No. 14

HP's mission is to invent technologies and services that drive business value, create social benefit and improve the lives of customers — with a focus on affecting the greatest number of people possible.

HP dedicates $3.6 billion (U.S.) annually to its research and development of products, solutions and new technologies.

HP is:
#1 globally in the inkjet, all-in-one and single-function printers, mono and color laser printers, large-format printing, scanners, print servers and ink and laser supplies*
#1 globally in blade, x86, Windows®, Linux, UNIX and high-end UNIX servers**
#1 in total disk and storage systems**
#1 globally in desktop and notebook PCs and #2 globally in Pocket PCs and workstations**
Listed on all four FTSE4Good Index lists — U.S., Global, UK and Europe — which rate the performance of companies meeting globally recognized corporate responsibility standards
#22 in the Accountability Rating, the first global index that evaluates how well the world's 100 largest companies account for their impact on society and the environment
#10 globally and #1 in the U.S. in Environment, Social Impact Ratings by The Economist
On the 2007 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World list and a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Indexes

80 Que 75 minutes

40 Que on cse subjects

They mainly concentrated on

OS(Important),FAFL,DBMS,SS,UNIX(only 2 que),c++,Network(Basic)

20 Que on c.

20 Que on Aptitude+English+Logical

Preparation:

For C,C++--> Test ur C,C++ skills by Yashvanth kanithakar
For Java--> any good book.
Pattern:
48Q totally
12Q in General computer test?(Concentrate more on ceo's and founders of HP,Microsoft,intel,sap etc..)It even includes Q in OS,N/wing
12Q on C,
12Q on C++
12Q n java
All section r compulsory..(Even for Non java guys)

In the interview( ie ont he 2nd ropund..they will ask Q mostly in C,C++,Java.The employee who r asking the Q r very jovial.So develop ur confidence level.They mostly ask abt ur latest projects,

If u clear this level..next will be HR round.
If u clear the second round mostly..u r selected(90%).
HR is just for a formality..

The interview pattern will be as:

1. Tell abt your self.
2. They will ask for the subjects in which we are strong
( Here they will consider the ranking that we written during written
examination & marks we got in written exam)
3. Mostly the interview time will be 45 minutes around (for only
people there is about 1.5 hr)
4. HR questions may include here
5. Good thing is They r friendly and cooperative so confidence place
role.

If u don't know the answer better not to answer than to tell some bad
stuff.
For me 2 people interviewd. As I told them that I am strong in C
they told me to write some programs like double linked list, singly
linked list(adding node at last), macros, const *,char *,pointer
arrays.

The main question that they asked was how can u compile or
execute 'c' program without editor. (Using TCC utility)

coming 2 cpp only 1 question i.e what is polymorphism.

Java they asked me about protocol used in JSP, which layer does it
belongs to, main differences between _Javascript ,java and JSP.

During personal introduction try to excell your capabilities by
giving examples like as fast learner, hard worker like..!

If u have any achievements & awards try 2 put them all during
personal INtroduction.

The interviewers are very co-operative and highly friendly (so
confidence plays vital role)

There are four sections in the test

1.general ability(12q)
2.computer science(12q)
3.c/c++(12q)
4.java.(12q)
All the questions are mandatory. No negative marking

4
Average: 4 (1 vote)

Question Consist of 4

Question Consist of 4 parts. Duration of exam is 60 min.

C---------20Q

C++ ----15Q

Unix-----15Q

Apptitude--15Q

C And C++

i=23, j=4, c=0;
c=i++-++j;
o/p?

#define CUBE(x) x*x*x
#define MUL3(x,y) 3*x*y
#define ADD(x) x+y
some statement maikng use of the preprocessors defined above............find o/p.

virtual destructors r used for ?

2 questions on friend functions & classes

char c[]="123456789";
i=4;
printf("%c %c", c[i], i[c]);
o/p?
one more question on these lines.

int *ptr;
p=0;
p++;
printf("%u", p);
o/p?
a. 0 b. garbage value c. 4 d. none of the above

double i=0.0;
switch(i)
{
case 0.0:
printf("jgdj");
case 1.0:
printf("ptoy");
break;
default:
printf("hdfv");
}
o/p?

volatile int i;
in d above statement, is "volatile"
a. a type declaration b. type qualifier c. storage class d. none of the above

Unix

"bash" is a kind of shell in UNIX

primitive flavours of unix
options : a. BSD &Sys V b. LINUX & BSD c..

which of the folllowing is used 4 redirection in UNIX? >, |, <, ^

wot is d UNIX terminology 4 multi-tasking?
a. time slicing b. pre-emptive ....... c. time division d.......

In UNIX if You try accessing a directory for which u dont have permission, wot message is displayed?
a. permission denied b. invalid user c. access denied d.........

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