Principal Financial Group interview questions
Updated 31 May 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 21%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 9%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
- 7%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 6%RecruiterRecruiter
- 5%OtherOther
- 2%In personIn person
Interview search
675 interviews
Principal Financial Group interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Principal Financial Group as 60% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.86 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Associate and Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Trainee- Analyst and Trainee Analyst roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Principal Financial Group takes an average of 11 days when considering 10 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Trainee Analyst had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Senior Analytics Consultant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 25 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Principal Financial Group according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
IQ intelligence test: 18%
Personality test: 14%
Background check: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 5%
Phone interview: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
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