Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
January 1, 2023
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Met with different teams throughout the day. Usually two people at a time, but sometimes just one.
It was the typical "behavior" style questions, hypothetical questions, and programming-type questions using the language of your choice.
There were very few questions about me, but there was always time to ask questions.
Questions
Q: Create a method that counts the number of times a character appears within a substring.
Design a banking system, show all parts, all schemas, and all everything using a kludgy app in 45 minutes to show everything.
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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
22%
Pass 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
Positive39%
Neutral22%
Negative39%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Capital One's Senior Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Capital One Work Experiences
5.0
Capital One Engineer
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
December 13, 2018
Pros: - Friendly culture
- Tech-forward company
- Great work/life balance
- Regular free food/events
- Engineers have a say
Cons: - Too much legacy code work
- Many organizational changes
3.0
Good perks; strange structure
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
November 13, 2024
Pros: 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.
3.0
Financial or Tech? Engineering review
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
June 17, 2019
Pros: - Location, health benefits, and great pay for engineering.
- Hires decent mid & senior engineers.
Cons: - Too many cooks in the kitchen while being pulled in every direction, leading to frustration.
- It takes too long to get things done.
- Too many meetings causing distraction.
- Losing top talent due to chaotic, fire-drill-like tasks, with teams like auditing chasing us down for information that's clearly all right there.
- 5.0Capital One EngineerSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesDecember 13, 2018Pros: - Friendly culture - Tech-forward company - Great work/life balance - Regular free food/events - Engineers have a sayCons: - Too much legacy code work - Many organizational changes
- 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.
- 3.0Financial or Tech? Engineering reviewSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJune 17, 2019Pros: - Location, health benefits, and great pay for engineering. - Hires decent mid & senior engineers.Cons: - Too many cooks in the kitchen while being pulled in every direction, leading to frustration. - It takes too long to get things done. - Too many meetings causing distraction. - Losing top talent due to chaotic, fire-drill-like tasks, with teams like auditing chasing us down for information that's clearly all right there.
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