Hewlett-Packard Interview Questions & Reviews in Palo Alto, CA

Interviewed Apr 2010 in Palo Alto, CA (took 2 weeks)

Original contact was initiated by a third party recruiter utilizing linked in for potential candidates. Recruiter had telephone interview followed by in-person interview. Afterwards, followed the same pattern at HP -- interviewing with the hiring manager over the phone (about an hour), with a follow-up in-person interview (with the same hiring manager) about a week and a half later. This was for a director level position, so the content of all interviews was essentially the same -- around organization management, development process, employee challenges (conflict resolution, morale, etc). Plenty of time left in every interview for questions -- 20 minutes of every hour, so do your research, or prepare your quickness on your feet. As a side note, counter to what some other director level positions have posted (primarily in the product marketing/management or other functions), this interview in the technical development team did not require any fluffy business preparation ("what's HPs recent stock price"); although a general preparation in HP culture and organization did help in Q&A (ie: knowing what "The HP Way" was).