Dell Technologies Principal Software Engineer interview questions
based on 48 ratings - Updated Apr 13, 2026
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Principal Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Dell Technologies with 3 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 77.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Dell Technologies as a Principal Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
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I applied in-person. I interviewed at Dell Technologies (Bengaluru) in Jun 2022
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1 Round : Purely Technical basic oops concepts webapi questions(Authentication Authorization Logging) were asked and bit about SQL performance tuning question and then MVC exception handling answered all of them but still didn't got selected
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oops concepts webapi questions(Authentication Authorization Logging) were asked and bit about SQL performance tuning question and then MVC exception handling, Solid Principles, Dependency Injection Abstract vs Interface,.Net Core configure services , Middleware
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Dell Technologies (Bengaluru) in Jul 2021
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I have gone through three rounds. It took each round around 1hr and did well.
Mostly first round will take more time where they will focus on the technical expertise and remaining rounds are more into to test your abilities. Final round HR , it is hardly 15mins.
I applied online. I interviewed at Dell Technologies (College Station, TX) in Feb 2022
Interview
Had a screening interview with three people. The interview was mostly based on systems design and previous work experience. It was a 1hr call virtual meeting on Zoom. The hiring manager was asking behavioral questions