Principal Financial Group·Software Engineer

Principal Financial Group Software Engineer interview experience

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Des Moines, IAPosted Dec 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was a recorded video interview where I answered behavioral questions on my own.

Each question let me record multiple attempts before submitting a final response, which made the experience feel less intimidating than a live call. Once that was done, I moved to a live technical-oriented round with engineers.

In that next stage, the focus was heavily on object-oriented concepts. The technical portion revolved around OOP principles—things like how I would design or think about problems using OOP rather than just solving a coding puzzle. The behavioral side was also present, but it stayed more straightforward and wasn’t trying to be overly complex or tricky.

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