Senior Principal Software Developer 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 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Principal Software Developer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Senior Principal Software Developer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Personality test: 8%
Background check: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 8%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Dell Technologies (Austin, TX) in Jun 2018
Interview
Terrible interview environment. Too noisy to even hear properly. The least you can do is to interview in a quiet environment where people can communicate well, especially considering it was a pair programming interview. Worst interview ever.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Dell Technologies (Bengaluru) in Oct 2025
Interview
HR Recruiter called and explained JD, scheduled 1st round of technical interview, panel joined on time and process was smooth. However, the next round took 2 months to get scheduled , it was rescheduled twice and finally cancelled. HR was generous enough to call and say position was closed.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Dell Technologies (Hyderābād) in Aug 2024
Interview
I had 3 rounds of interviews, one is recruiter screen, other is technical, next is managerial. Later had couple of discussion on package. Officially scheduled HR round and cancelled in last minute. I was told position went to hold
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Question 1
All Technical and managerial questions related to past experiences.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Dell Technologies
Interview
Very impressed. It was very efficient interview process. There were approx 3 interviews. But only one of them was a bit technical and rest were more STAR type questions. There was some confusion between Different HR persons involved.