I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Dell Technologies (Santa Clara, CA) in Jan 2013
Interview
One day interview. Five rounds. Four technical rounds:
1. Software Architecture and Coding question.
2. Networking and Storage Networking protocols.
3. Coding and Algorithm questions, whiteboard and analysis.
4. Operating systems and Kernel / Driver questions.
5. Interview with Leaders ( Director and Manager) and Offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a semaphore in a multi-processor system with locking and lockless approach.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Dell Technologies (Cyberjaya) in Oct 2016
Interview
Face to face interview on site for 30 minutes by a Project Manager. Asked questions about my resume and technology questions. After that, a 1 hour phone interview with a software manager from India. asked 100% deep technical programming questions, from basic to advanced, with breadth and depth. 5 days later, a 3rd phone interview with a principal engineer from US. It lasted 30 minutes, with the same deep technical questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the difference between just "throw" and "throw Exception"?
Principal Engineer Software Development applicants have rated the interview process at Dell Technologies with 4.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Principal Engineer Software Development roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Dell Technologies overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Dell Technologies as a Principal Engineer Software Development according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Drug test: 17%
Presentation: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
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