Dell

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

January 14, 2021

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online and was contacted after a week. I was then interviewed by two employees.

It took a while to hear back after the interview, but overall it was a smooth process.

The two interviewers were excited that I had researched the company and were happy to have a conversation.

Questions

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How would you improve it?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 36 interview experiences for the Dell Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

39%

Pass Rate

Dell's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive75%

Neutral22%

Negative3%

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

Dell Work Experiences

Good, cultured work environment

Senior Systems Development Engineer • Current Employee

Ben, United States

Pros: Good technology learnings, work environment, and new opportunities.

Cons: Compensation and promotions have to be improved.

Good, cultured work environment

Senior Systems Development Engineer • Current Employee

Ben, United States

Pros: Good technology learnings, work environment, and new opportunities.

Cons: Compensation and promotions have to be improved.

Complete lack of management

Software Development Advisor • Former Employee

Pros: Benefits were good until they bought another company for $67B and then expected us to pay for the cost of healthcare.

Cons: Management changes more than at any company previously.

Complete lack of management

Software Development Advisor • Former Employee

Pros: Benefits were good until they bought another company for $67B and then expected us to pay for the cost of healthcare.

Cons: Management changes more than at any company previously.

Good Benefits, Low Pay

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Pros: Well-established company, good benefits.

Cons: The salary is pretty low compared to other companies.

Good Benefits, Low Pay

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Pros: Well-established company, good benefits.

Cons: The salary is pretty low compared to other companies.

Good, cultured work environment

Senior Systems Development Engineer • Current Employee

Ben, United States

Pros: Good technology learnings, work environment, and new opportunities.

Cons: Compensation and promotions have to be improved.

5.0
Good, cultured work environment
Senior Systems Development Engineer • Current Employee
Ben, United States
April 20, 2021
Pros: Good technology learnings, work environment, and new opportunities.
Cons: Compensation and promotions have to be improved.

Complete lack of management

Software Development Advisor • Former Employee

Pros: Benefits were good until they bought another company for $67B and then expected us to pay for the cost of healthcare.

Cons: Management changes more than at any company previously.

1.0
Complete lack of management
Software Development Advisor • Former Employee
August 8, 2016
Pros: Benefits were good until they bought another company for $67B and then expected us to pay for the cost of healthcare.
Cons: Management changes more than at any company previously.

Good Benefits, Low Pay

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

Pros: Well-established company, good benefits.

Cons: The salary is pretty low compared to other companies.

5.0
Good Benefits, Low Pay
Software Engineer II • Current Employee
April 6, 2023
Pros: Well-established company, good benefits.
Cons: The salary is pretty low compared to other companies.

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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