I applied for the position about two months ago online, but no one referred me to the hiring manager. It was a simple application on their website.

I was contacted two weeks ago by the hiring manager. He called me and asked me some general interest questions.

Then he contacted me last week about a day and time for a job interview. I was at the HPE campus all day from 9 AM to 4 PM. I interviewed with seven different people, including the hiring manager. It was a lot of talking, but it was well worth it.

The following Monday, the Corporate Recruiter emailed me in the morning to say he would call me to discuss a few things. He called me later that afternoon and told me I essentially got the job. He asked for my salary requirements and we discussed some benefits.

He later told me that the next step is getting that job offer letter from HR and to discuss benefits. So if a recruiter emails you about a call, then it's a good sign. Otherwise, you will probably get an automated email saying that you didn't get the job.

They all asked me about the internship I had with HPE but with a different division.

Some of them asked me what I liked doing during my free time. A lot of them admired that I had some programming skills.

One of them asked about my humility, saying, "I know that you're in grad school right now and some grad students expect to do all of the engineering work, but how comfortable would you feel if we had to give you some grunt work?"

Another one asked me to go up on the board and draw the important parts of computer architecture and to provide an example for each important part.

A lot of them asked me about my senior design project. A lot of them asked me about a time where I had a project and things weren't going the way I wanted them to.

Some of them asked me what they believe my weaknesses are and what my strengths are.

The hiring manager asked me some questions during our lunch, and he just asked me about my experience with VHDL programming, and we talked a lot about some technical stuff.

One of them asked me where I saw myself in five years. Some of them asked me why I studied electrical engineering and where my influence came from.

Most of them explained to me what this team did and how everyone practically does everything; they're not limited to being a software engineer, a hardware engineer, or a mechanical engineer, etc.

One of them gave me a brief tour of their labs.

Each person I interviewed with was a 1-on-1 in the same room. The room had some hardware inside, and some of them talked about the hardware they were working on.

I managed to show my knowledge, and I was able to point out a few things within the hardware that are common to all electronics (they never asked me anything about their hardware because they didn't expect me to know their products).

The interviews were pretty easy, and there weren't any questions where I had to really think about them. I knew how to answer each question right away, and I was given a lot of time to explain my senior project and some of the questions they asked me.

My advice is to bring some water because you will be talking a lot. These interviews are not meant to trick you, nor make you feel unwelcome or dumb. Remember that the reason why you have an interview in the first place is that they believe that you're potentially a good fit for the team.