HP SCDS·Software Engineer

HP SCDS Software Engineer interview experience

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Vancouver, BCPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I got invited after applying through HP’s online portal, and my first real step was an in-person panel with three engineers from the team I’d be joining.

They started by giving me context about what they were working on, then shifted into questions about my past work—what I’d actually done, how I approached problems, and how that mapped to the role. The tone felt like an introduction plus a technical conversation rather than a high-pressure grilling.

The part that stood out was how the technical portion leaned more toward fundamentals than coding. I didn’t end up doing a typical code-writing exercise; instead, I fielded a mix of technical trivia across standard computer science topics along with discussion of internships and projects. Overall

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