Principal Financial Group·Software Engineer

Principal Financial Group Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Nov 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview started fast: after applying, I got a video interview request and then another scheduled session with software engineers.

The flow was pretty simple—behavioral questions mixed with technical questions—and the whole thing felt easy to navigate.

For the technical portion, they asked about areas like OOP design and also brought in an algorithm-style question. In the other version of this same basic path I went through, I did a HireVue-style virtual interview where they focused on behavioral questions and my experience, and then I moved into a technical interview centered on OOP, including prompts like implementing something using an OOP design approach.

These experiences were also friendly in tone. Even when I

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