Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
I applied through a recruiter.
Started off with a CodeSignal challenge. There are 4 questions which need to be solved in 70 minutes. The first 2 were easy but needed time to write a working solution. The next 2 were based on print patterns and DFS+memoization concepts. I feel it is impossible to write working solutions in such a short amount of time for the DFS+memoization question.
Questions
How many ways can you form a target string using a list of strings given in an array? Print the array of strings in a pattern using * and limit it to a specific size.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 18 interview experiences for the Capital One Senior Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Capital One's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Capital One's Senior Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Capital One Work Experiences
- 3.0Good perks; strange structureSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesNovember 13, 2024Pros: The teams they've put together are generally pretty competent and friendly. People are pretty forward about helping each other out, and the work is often interesting.Cons: Stack ranking is pretty aggressive, especially at certain positions that are more transitional between one type of work (engineers) and the next (managers, people leaders). The result is that instead of an annual employee review, they calibrate and stack-rank every bi-annually, with other types of employee reviews that happen quarterly. A lot of this comes from the interest that the founders had in consultancy firms and their managerial methods for optimization, but it's an approach that doesn't make sense for certain types of jobs.
- 3.0Okay at bestSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesSeptember 5, 2025Pros: Chill leave policy: essentially unlimited.Cons: Too many lifers at the company makes ranking hard because these people have been there their entire professional lives.
- 4.0Good Wlb, Heavy PoliticsSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMarch 13, 2025Pros: - Good WLB - Wide variety of teams and projectsCons: - Politics are heavy. - Can feel like you are underachieving.
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