Great executive leadership, poor middle managers
Great executive leadership, poor middle managers
100% Cloud
Good life-work balance
Fantastic leadership from the executive suite
Performance reviews based on 100% qualitative data. Biased middle managers play favorites. Terrible performance review process.
This is a classic example of the Peter Principle. Great software engineers do not necessarily make great managers. Some particular managers contribute little to no value at all. They produce no deliverables, make no decisions, and generally do nothing except jump from meeting to meeting. Teams often run autonomously despite these managers.
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Principal Software Engineer
First, I was reached by HR for basic information gathering. Then came the code test. It wasn't too difficult, but you do need to have a good understanding of algorithms and data structures. Next was the onsite interview, with two hiring managers an
Principal Software Engineer
Capital One has a good process for screening and interviewing candidates. I thought the process was fair and challenging. If you are good at what you do, the interview is not too hard to crack. The process involved a couple of screening rounds with
Principal Software Engineer
It was a standard interview process. Your technical interview, which included multiple different rounds all in one day, included a coding question, a systems design question, a business use case question, and a behavioral interview.
Principal Software Engineer
Chicago, Illinois, United StatesJanuary 1, 2020First, I was reached by HR for basic information gathering. Then came the code test. It wasn't too difficult, but you do need to have a good understanding of algorithms and data structures. Next was the onsite interview, with two hiring managers an
Principal Software Engineer
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOctober 7, 2016Capital One has a good process for screening and interviewing candidates. I thought the process was fair and challenging. If you are good at what you do, the interview is not too hard to crack. The process involved a couple of screening rounds with
Principal Software Engineer
United StatesNovember 24, 2025It was a standard interview process. Your technical interview, which included multiple different rounds all in one day, included a coding question, a systems design question, a business use case question, and a behavioral interview.
