Lead Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
I had a brief discussion with a recruiter from Hired who reached out to me. I felt the process was discriminatory against my immigrant status.
There were no stated requirements for US citizenship or any kind of clearance, yet the recruiter pressed very hard to understand the exact nature of my immigration status, right down to visa type, EAD type, and so on.
Ultimately, he cut the interview short and said the decision was with their legal department on whether they would move forward or not.
I'm used to companies only asking, "Are you authorized to work in the US?" not, "Are you authorized to work in the US? Are you a US citizen or visa recipient? Oh, you have an EAD? What type?"
There are many companies out there, and I personally would not apply to this one again based on this discriminatory reasoning alone.
Questions
Are you authorized to work in the US?
What is your immigration status?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Capital One Lead Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Capital One's interview process for their Lead Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Capital One's Lead Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Capital One Work Experiences
- 1.0Good Wlb, Bad PipsLead Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJune 4, 2025Pros: Good work-life balance (WLB). But this is team dependent. Paid time off (PTO) is not tracked. But this is team dependent.Cons: Stack ranking. Strong, unfair PIP culture. The company offers PIPs for 5-8% of tech employees every six months. Too many organizational changes. Not the most inspiring work, with a lot of compliance and overhead.
- 4.0C1 Software is great to work for, tech loversLead Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMarch 6, 2024Pros: Lots of learning opportunities and an experimental phase.Cons: Stack ranking might be unfair.
- 1.0Big shift in culture and workLead Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesFebruary 26, 2024Pros: It used to be a great place to work due to good work, flexible, open, and understanding managers that would put your well-being first, and a collaborative work environment.Cons: At some point around 2020, the culture started to change with expectations to work an unhealthy amount of hours. Managers were no longer supporting their directs and instead giving template responses in performance reviews to justify lower than expected ratings, often failing to give concrete examples of what to do better. The work itself has mostly become vulnerability management and patching. There is a big push for internal tools like One Pipeline, Dev Nav, and the Exchange, which are not well written, poorly supported, and ultimately just become impediments to development work.
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