Principal Financial Group·Software Engineer

Principal Financial Group Software Engineer interview experience

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PunePosted Apr 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with three rounds: a written round, then technical, and finally a managerial discussion.

The written part sounded simple, but it wasn’t straightforward in practice because it still depended on luck to get shortlisted. The technical round felt different from typical interviews—less about memorized Q&A and more about situational prompts.

In the technical part, they gave me scenario-based questions, and topics like agile and automation were called out as positives. That made the round feel more practical and less predictable than I expected, and it was definitely the most challenging segment of the day compared to the written screen.

After the technical stage, there was a

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