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Principal Software Engineer Interview Experience - Bengaluru, Karnataka

October 1, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

After shortlisting, HR scheduled a virtual first round.

The interviewer was from the US and very polite. He asked briefly about my previous projects, then discussed kernel concepts and also some core embedded concepts.

Questions

Rotate an image by 90 degrees, in place. I was supposed to do it in O(n) time.

Determine whether a singly linked list is a palindrome or not, in O(n) time and without extra space.

Describe the Linux boot procedure.

Questions on Linux kernel OOPS and OOM. How do you analyze a crash dump?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 19 interview experiences for the Dell Principal Software Engineer role in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Success Rate

32%
Pass Rate

Dell's interview process for their Principal Software Engineer roles in Bengaluru, Karnataka is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive37%
Neutral11%
Negative53%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Dell's Principal Software Engineer interview process in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

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