Splunk·Software Engineer

Splunk Software Engineer interview experience

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HyderābādPosted Jan 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for a Principal Software Engineer role at Splunk in Hyderabad, and the journey turned into a long, exhausting sequence.

The process ended up spanning seven rounds over several weeks, and after each interview the HR updates consistently sounded positive—like I was clearly progressing for the Principal level.

What surprised me was how late the role mismatch showed up. At the end, instead of a Principal offer, I was moved to a Senior Software Engineer offer, with base pay below what I was already making. That made the whole process feel inconsistent: if they felt I wasn’t a fit for Principal, it should have been surfaced earlier rather than letting everything run until the final decision.

In the end, I didn’t

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