Principal Financial Group·Software Engineer

Principal Financial Group Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying, I heard back and got a HireVue on-demand interview.

The video portion had a dozen questions with a mix of video responses and text answers, and each question allowed unlimited attempts and prep time. Most of it felt like standard behavioral stuff—things like talking through my experience and explaining why Principal—so I spent the time framing my stories clearly.

A few days later I moved to a live final round that mixed behavioral and technical. The behavioral part stayed very familiar: I covered my experience, described challenges and feedback I’d received, and talked about how I responded and what I learned. For the technical part, it was a

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