Principal Financial Group·Software Engineer

Principal Financial Group Software Engineer interview experience

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IndiaPosted Feb 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview process felt like a tight, back-to-back sequence with multiple stages packed into short time slots.

It started with an aptitude test, followed by an elitmus step, and then I went into an interview stage that itself had three parts: technical, a puzzle, and then HR. The sessions were scheduled close together, and each segment ran for roughly thirty minutes.

Because everything was so condensed, the hardest part wasn’t any single topic—it was keeping my focus and switching gears fast enough between technical thinking, puzzle solving, and then HR-style conversations. The technical portion still had enough substance that I felt I needed to be ready rather than wing it, and the puzzle round

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