Principal Financial Group Software Engineer interview experience

I had a couple of roughly hour-long sessions that mixed interviews with a manager, and the vibe felt pretty focused on how I thought through problems more than on getting to a perfect final answer.

My first step was a screen-style test with objective questions about the tech, followed by a technical round where they asked technology-related questions along with coding. In my case, the coding felt similar to HackerRank-style prompts, and they kept circling back to my reasoning and problem-solving approach rather than demanding a full solution under time pressure. After that, I moved into