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      Lead Software Engineer Interview

      1 June 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Capital One (New York, NY) in Apr 2023

      Interview

      It was pretty simple. You start of with a assessment through code signal. It's 70 mins and protocored. The questions start off easy and then progress to med/hard level. You can pick any language. The recruiters are typically helpful, they give you a lot of interview prep for the "power day" which is 4 interviews. You have a standard DSA problem thats typically medium level. Practice leetcode but its doable. Then its a design problem where you create a backend system of a credit card application. I guess the design problem might vary if you are applying for a front end of data engineer role. Then there is a behavioral round with 3 questions. And finally there is a case study. It starts off with some conceptual questions. I had one around some chat bot usage. Then you analyze some code and based on a table of data give an output. And finally you get to make some code improvements and recommendations. I declined the offer because I applied for a role in one location then magically it closed like 2 weeks after. it was in New York and they wanted me to relocate to McLean. The recruiter mentioned a range of salary for New York which was like 20k higher than what they wanted to offer me for McLean. No thank you.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. Codesignal - dont remember the problems but I assume its from some question bank. Practice leetcode easy/medium problems around arrays, string manipulation, collections, and using pointer/sliding window approach. Power Day Rounds (4 interviews, 1 hour each) 1. Coding - Given a string, find the total count of some character. They expect a O(1) solution as the optimal solution. 2. Design - create a backend design for a bank application. Watch youtube videos by Exponent, this is really helpful. You should list out requirements, pick out all the components to address each point, some sample database table schemas, and some sample REST API's. Theres follow up questions based on your design but overall each on of these videos has similar components, its just how you explain things. You should also recommend technology for each component you'd use to make your decision stronger. 3. Behavioral - forgot the questions but its usually things like: tell me about a time you had to learn something new, tell me about a time when you have multiple priorities, etc. Typical STAR format interview questions they can be found everywhere on google. 4. Case Study - I had one around some chatbot. They ask conceptual questions like what are the pros/cons of a chatbot at a bank, how can it help customers, know things like data & privacy concerns with chatbots. Then code analysis is simple, just know basics of Java and understand OOPS.
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      Other Lead Software Engineer interview reviews for Capital One

      Lead Software Engineer Interview

      29 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Ciudad de Mexico
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Capital One (Ciudad de Mexico)

      Interview

      Estoy apenas recibiendo la propuesta de agenda para la entrevista, todo de una manera muy respetuosa y con mucha comunicación entre ambas partes, atendiendo cualquier incidencia que pueda darse, ajustes y entendimientos entre los participantes en la entrevista.

      Lead Software Engineer Interview

      23 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Chicago, IL
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Capital One (Chicago, IL)

      Interview

      First round: 4 questions on an automated coding platform. First two were relatively easy and last 2 were difficult. Would suggest not prematurely optimizing. Second round: 4 interviews on one day ("power day").

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Create a library management system that supports various operations and keeps track of state
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      Lead Software Engineer Interview

      2 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      McLean, VA
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One (McLean, VA) in Mar 2026

      Interview

      Extremely disappointed. TLDR: 2/4 interviewers didn't know their questions and didn't even know Python (it was a Python coding round). They asked to rewrite the code in pseudo code and rewrite it using their logic. Thus, waste of time on 2/3 questions without being able to jump to the next one. Another interviewer didn't know what a blob storage (s3) is and the the half of our system design round turned into SysDes 101 session where I explained the basics and he tried to show his interest (he didn't even look at the screen). And at the end the recruited tried to sell me the Senior offer (huge cut). No thanks