Dell

Principal Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 4, 2021

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The interview process covered coding concepts, and the interviewers were friendly. It ranged from design to actually writing code and solving simple programs on a whiteboard. The interview process covered coding concepts, and the interviewers were friendly. It ranged from design to actually writing code and solving simple programs on a whiteboard.

Questions

How will you act if the team is taking the wrong path?
How will you act if you are given an unrealistic deadline?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 15 interview experiences for the Dell Principal Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

67%

Pass Rate

Dell's interview process for their Principal Software Engineer roles in the United States is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive73%

Neutral27%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Dell's Principal Software Engineer interview process in United States.

Dell Work Experiences

Great place to work and grow professionally

Principal Software Engineer • Current Employee

Houston, Texas, United States

February 14, 2022

Pros: It's a great work environment. You don't have a heavy workload, your manager cares about the team, and there's a culture of supporting us as a team. Without a doubt, Dell is one of the best companies to work for and continue to grow.

Cons: No cons so far. I would like to continue. Great.

Great place to work and grow professionally

Principal Software Engineer • Current Employee

Houston, Texas, United States

February 14, 2022

Pros: It's a great work environment. You don't have a heavy workload, your manager cares about the team, and there's a culture of supporting us as a team. Without a doubt, Dell is one of the best companies to work for and continue to grow.

Cons: No cons so far. I would like to continue. Great.

Good job security

Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee

Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Pros: Job security and a dynamic environment

Cons: No work-life balance, too much weekend work.

Good job security

Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee

Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Pros: Job security and a dynamic environment

Cons: No work-life balance, too much weekend work.

Salary is less

Principal Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Good environment. Now, hybrid, with a minimum of 3 days a week required in the office.

Cons: A lot of work happens in my team. Usually, we are not free for learning new technologies. The company provides all the facilities to learn new technologies, but daily deliverables are more. During this time, we need to sit for additional hours to learn.

Principal Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Good environment. Now, hybrid, with a minimum of 3 days a week required in the office.

Cons: A lot of work happens in my team. Usually, we are not free for learning new technologies. The company provides all the facilities to learn new technologies, but daily deliverables are more. During this time, we need to sit for additional hours to learn.

Great place to work and grow professionally

Principal Software Engineer • Current Employee

Houston, Texas, United States

February 14, 2022

Pros: It's a great work environment. You don't have a heavy workload, your manager cares about the team, and there's a culture of supporting us as a team. Without a doubt, Dell is one of the best companies to work for and continue to grow.

Cons: No cons so far. I would like to continue. Great.

5.0
Great place to work and grow professionally
Principal Software Engineer • Current Employee
Houston, Texas, United States
February 14, 2022
Pros: It's a great work environment. You don't have a heavy workload, your manager cares about the team, and there's a culture of supporting us as a team. Without a doubt, Dell is one of the best companies to work for and continue to grow.
Cons: No cons so far. I would like to continue. Great.

Good job security

Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee

Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Pros: Job security and a dynamic environment

Cons: No work-life balance, too much weekend work.

5.0
Good job security
Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee
Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
March 6, 2024
Pros: Job security and a dynamic environment
Cons: No work-life balance, too much weekend work.

Salary is less

Principal Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Good environment. Now, hybrid, with a minimum of 3 days a week required in the office.

Cons: A lot of work happens in my team. Usually, we are not free for learning new technologies. The company provides all the facilities to learn new technologies, but daily deliverables are more. During this time, we need to sit for additional hours to learn.

4.0
Salary is less
Principal Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
April 1, 2024
Pros: Good environment. Now, hybrid, with a minimum of 3 days a week required in the office.
Cons: A lot of work happens in my team. Usually, we are not free for learning new technologies. The company provides all the facilities to learn new technologies, but daily deliverables are more. During this time, we need to sit for additional hours to learn.

Dell Interview Questions

Count Binary Substrings

Count the number of substrings within a binary string that have an equal number of consecutive 0s and 1s. The 0s and 1s within the substring must also be grouped consecutively.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Group Anagrams

Given a list of words, group together all the anagrams. Anagrams are words that contain the same letters rearranged.

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