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Principal Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

September 1, 2020
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Process

Meghan was the Technical Recruiter and Daniel was the coordinator. Both were great in setting things up. Meghan was really responsive and managed to arrange the offer in record time after the team said they wanted me to join.

I had other competing offers from other companies (one of them FAANG), but Meghan and the technical staff convinced me that Splunk would be the right choice.

The interviewers were really calm and friendly during the interview and gave me a really good vibe about working with them in the future. All the interviewers were seasoned engineers and one Senior Manager. They made a really good professional and personal impression on me. They seemed cooperative, knowledgeable, and easy to work with.

The Senior Manager who interviewed me was nice and asked really good professional questions regarding my background as well. I can't wait to start working there!

Questions

High-level system design, as well as low-level C++ questions, and multiple data structure and algorithmic questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Splunk Principal Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

Splunk's interview process for their Principal Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Splunk's Principal Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.

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