Principal Financial Group interview questions
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How others got an interview
- 21%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 9%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 7%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 6%RecruiterRecruiter
- 5%OtherOther
- 2%In PersonIn Person
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Principal Financial Group interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Principal Financial Group as 70% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.72 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Auditor and Analyst Trainee rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Engineer I and Software Engineer II roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Principal Financial Group takes an average of 26 days when considering 446 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Agent had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Analyst roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 150 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Principal Financial Group according to 446 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
Group panel interview: 18%
One on one interview: 15%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 7%
Drug test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 1%
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