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Huawei

Technology company making telecom network equipment, smartphones and devices, cloud services and enterprise IT products.

Not known6 stage process documentedFounded 1987
Headquarters

Shenzhen, China

Headcount

5,000 and up

5,000 or more people
Work model

Not known

Hiring

Not known

Not enough signal to say. Check the careers page directly.
Where to apply

No careers page on file yet. Try their LinkedIn or the job boards below.

Website

Ask for a referral to Huawei

A referral only means something if the person giving it can actually speak to your work. I will refer you where I know someone on the inside and your profile genuinely fits the role, and I will tell you plainly when I cannot. Either way you get an answer, and a straight one.

  • I read every request. A reply takes a few days, sometimes longer.
  • I will not refer someone for a role their profile does not fit. It wastes your time and costs me the contact.
  • Where I cannot refer you, I will say why, and point you at the way in that does work.
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Comma separated, up to six. Things you would be happy to be tested on.

How they hire

The official steps are from Huawei’s European careers site. The process varies by country and role, and graduate hiring in some markets adds an aptitude and coding test.

  1. 1

    Application

    Official
    Application screen
  2. 2

    Screening call with recruitment HR

    Official
    Recruiter screenRemote

    An introductory call to confirm you meet the requirements and suit the vacancy.

  3. 3

    Online assessment (some markets)

    Reported
    Online testRemote

    Accounts from India describe a multiple choice test covering quantitative, verbal and logical reasoning plus coding.

    AptitudeCoding
  4. 4

    Technical interviews

    Official
    Technical interview

    The hiring department picks the best fits for one or two technical interviews.

  5. 5

    Final interview with a department director

    Official
    Senior leadership

    Further checks on technical skill, motivation and potential to grow.

  6. 6

    Offer, approvals and contract

    Official
    Offer

    The offer is followed by internal approvals, the contract and onboarding.

What comes up

Recurring themes from candidate accounts, not a question bank. Nobody is served by leaked question lists, least of all you in the interview.

  • Data structures and CS fundamentals

    Reported

    Technical rounds reportedly cover easy to medium algorithms and core computer science concepts, plus a project discussion.

  • Motivation and growth

    Official

    The director round looks at why you want the role and how you might develop, not only technical skill.

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What it pays

Nothing collected for this company yet, and nothing worth guessing at. A made-up range is worse than no range because people negotiate against it.

Add to the Huawei page

This library is only as good as what people who have been through it are willing to share. Most of these companies have no hiring process documented anywhere, and one account of what the rounds actually were is worth more than anything I can research from the outside.

What are you adding?

This decides how the claim is labelled on the page. Only someone representing the company can produce an “official” label, and I check that separately.

Year and month.

Comma separated topics, not the questions themselves.

Round by round is ideal: what each one was, how long, remote or in person, and what it covered.

Credit

Anonymous is the default. If you keep it anonymous, nothing identifying you reaches the page: it is published as a candidate account and your name stays with me. Never send anything covered by an NDA, and never send a take-home or a question paper.

Universities they recruit from

No sourced university links yet. A campus drive, a career fair appearance or an internship partnership is what puts a university here.

Add to the Huawei page

This library is only as good as what people who have been through it are willing to share. Most of these companies have no hiring process documented anywhere, and one account of what the rounds actually were is worth more than anything I can research from the outside.

What are you adding?

This decides how the claim is labelled on the page. Only someone representing the company can produce an “official” label, and I check that separately.

Year and month.

Comma separated topics, not the questions themselves.

Round by round is ideal: what each one was, how long, remote or in person, and what it covered.

Credit

Anonymous is the default. If you keep it anonymous, nothing identifying you reaches the page: it is published as a candidate account and your name stays with me. Never send anything covered by an NDA, and never send a take-home or a question paper.

How to actually get seen

Expect one or two technical rounds followed by a director interview that tests motivation as much as skill, so prepare a clear story about why Huawei and where you want to grow.

Sources

Whole profile last checked 2026-09-22.

Interviewed at Huawei? Fill in what changed.

Processes change, rounds get added, tests get replaced. If what you went through was different from what is on this page, tell me and I will update it.

Want me to refer you here?

Send me the role, your CV and a few honest paragraphs on why you fit it. Where I know someone inside and your profile matches, I will make the introduction. Where I cannot, I will tell you why and point you at the route that does work. You get an answer either way.

Ask for a referral to Huawei

A referral only means something if the person giving it can actually speak to your work. I will refer you where I know someone on the inside and your profile genuinely fits the role, and I will tell you plainly when I cannot. Either way you get an answer, and a straight one.

  • I read every request. A reply takes a few days, sometimes longer.
  • I will not refer someone for a role their profile does not fit. It wastes your time and costs me the contact.
  • Where I cannot refer you, I will say why, and point you at the way in that does work.
  • Nothing you send here is shared with anyone without you agreeing to it first.

If you found the opening, paste it. It tells me which team you mean.

A Drive, Dropbox or personal-site link is fine. Make sure it opens without a request for access, or I cannot read it.

At least a short paragraph. This is what I would be putting my name behind, so specifics beat adjectives.

Comma separated, up to six. Things you would be happy to be tested on.

Add to the Huawei page

This library is only as good as what people who have been through it are willing to share. Most of these companies have no hiring process documented anywhere, and one account of what the rounds actually were is worth more than anything I can research from the outside.

What are you adding?

This decides how the claim is labelled on the page. Only someone representing the company can produce an “official” label, and I check that separately.

Year and month.

Comma separated topics, not the questions themselves.

Round by round is ideal: what each one was, how long, remote or in person, and what it covered.

Credit

Anonymous is the default. If you keep it anonymous, nothing identifying you reaches the page: it is published as a candidate account and your name stays with me. Never send anything covered by an NDA, and never send a take-home or a question paper.

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