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      Lead Software Engineer Interview

      26 May 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Richmond, VA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Capital One (Richmond, VA) in May 2016

      Interview

      The process was pretty smooth and everyone was enjoyable to talk to. I had 2 Behavioral Interviews 1 job fit interview, and 1 Java skills interviews. The job fit interview asked me to solve an algorithm problem that comes from what you would do in a Top Coder marathon match. Considering the line of work I was immediately frustrated because I didn't understand what this would measure, but the interviewer was really great and helpful throughout the process. I didn't do too well there. I think they just wanted to see how I thought through the problem. Within the Java technical interview it was a little more applicable. However, of course I couldn't remember some topics from CSC 101 which I took 13 years ago, but I guess that is to be expected. Overall I felt it was a good process even though I didn't get the job, and am disappointed because I know that I could do the job and do it well.

      Interview questions [4]

      Question 1

      Given a double array = { [ 9, 8, 6], [ 2, 3, 5], [ 3, 4, 4] } Find the longest run counting up. A run is a consecutive row of integers counting up. So in the example above, the longest run is {[2,2], [1,2],[0,2],[0,1],[0,0]} . You won't be able to solve it in the amount of time that was given, but I think they just want to see how you think.
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      Question 2

      What is the Java Heap Space?
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      Question 3

      Explain the Chain of Responsibility Pattern and name the two places where this shows up in the Java language.
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      Question 4

      Design a rest controller to get take in two cities and return the distance between the two and return that distance as the output? (follow up question: how would you get the the information to be able to tell what type of device it is coming from)
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      5

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      11 Jun 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

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      I interviewed at Capital One

      Interview

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      Lead Software Engineer Interview

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

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      I interviewed at Capital One (Ciudad de Mexico)

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      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)

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