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Dell EMC Principal Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 26 Nov 2024

Dell EMC Principal Software Engineer Interview Experiences

5 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I was interviewed in Oct 2024.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Duration - 1 Hour
Topics - OS Concepts
2 Coding questions - Swap Nibble, Move all the 0s in the array to the beginning.

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java interview questions asked during the interview
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How are you going to perform in this job asked by HR

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Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Leetcode medium level problems

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design distributed system
  • Ans. 

    Designing a distributed system involves breaking down a large application into smaller, interconnected components that can communicate with each other.

    • Identify the components and their responsibilities

    • Choose a communication protocol

    • Ensure fault tolerance and scalability

    • Implement load balancing

    • Use distributed databases or caching systems

    • Consider security and authentication

    • Test thoroughly for performance and reliability

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Distributed concepts
Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Manager fitment round

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - solve leetcode problems and distributed system design.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Jun 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Oops questions and basic coding problems

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. System design questions
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. General hr questions

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Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Explain about CI CD Pipeline
  • Ans. 

    CI/CD pipeline is a set of practices and tools that automate the process of building, testing, and deploying software.

    • CI/CD stands for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment

    • It involves automating the software development lifecycle

    • CI focuses on integrating code changes frequently and running automated tests

    • CD focuses on deploying code changes to production environments

    • It helps in reducing manual errors, improving ...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. AWS services
  • Q3. Deployment process
  • Q4. Explain flow about SCM
  • Ans. 

    SCM (Software Configuration Management) is the process of managing and controlling changes to software throughout its lifecycle.

    • SCM involves version control, build management, and release management.

    • It ensures that software changes are properly tracked, documented, and controlled.

    • SCM tools like Git, SVN, and Mercurial are used to manage source code and track changes.

    • SCM helps in maintaining code integrity, collaboratio...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How to do Deployment
  • Q2. Mvc page life cycle
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Microservice design principles
  • Ans. 

    Microservice design principles focus on modularity, scalability, resilience, and autonomy.

    • Decompose the application into small, independent services

    • Design services around business capabilities

    • Use lightweight communication protocols like HTTP or messaging queues

    • Ensure each service is responsible for its own data storage

    • Implement fault tolerance and graceful degradation

    • Automate testing and deployment processes

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. MongoDB / RabbitMQ cluster setup and programming implementation

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Related to Ansbile
  • Q2. Related to Terraform
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Related to project requirement
  • Q2. Related to expectation
Round 3 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Related compensation
  • Q2. Relation policy
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Oct 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. AKS related questions
  • Q2. Terraform related questions
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. General questions
  • Q2. Salary discussion
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Dec 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. SDLC familiarity
  • Q2. Agile knowledge

Dell EMC Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Dell EMC Principal Software Engineer interview?
Dell EMC interview process usually has 3-4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Dell EMC interview process are One-on-one Round, Coding Test and Resume Shortlist.
What are the top questions asked in Dell EMC Principal Software Engineer interview?

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