I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Principal Financial Group (Des Moines, IA) in Sep 2024
Interview
It was very easy. Even though I was stuttering and couldn't quite answer the questions (I didn't have enough time), the interviewers were so nice and treated me like I had nothing to fear. Overall, very laid-back interview.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Tell me about the biggest technological challenge you have ever had to overcome.
Five passengers are being seated on a plane with five open seats. There are four columns of seats and five rows. The columns are labeled 'A' through 'D' left to right, and the rows are labeled 1-5 front to back.
The following seats are open:
(1, C)
(3, B)
(3, C)
(4, A)
(5, B)
Seat preferences
Bert prefers to be seated in the front, next to a window.
Sandra prefers to be seated in the back, and in an aisle seat.
Alex prefers to be seated in the back, next to a window.
Pranav prefers to be seated in the back, away from a window.
Sam prefers to be in an aisle seat.
Please write the necessary data structures to describe the passengers and the open seats. Next, write a program to organize as many as possible into the seat that fits them best.
easy behavioral and technical questions, and a coding portion. Just basic star behavioral questions with typical responses, this is after an initial hirevue. Technical just tests your data structure knowledge and is not too hard.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Principal Financial Group in Nov 2025
Interview
Two rounds of interview, first is a Hirevue video, second is a Teams interview. Starts with 3 behavioral then technical. They care more about your thinking process than fully solving the question.
I applied online. I interviewed at Principal Financial Group
Interview
hirevue asking for experience and gpa and some behavior questions and next round is with 2 engineers asking an oop question like design something with oop then some behavior questions and team matching then recruiter call
