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Programming test related to weather application which has some stubs that need to be completed and tested based on the instructions that are provided. Also we need to add new APIs and workflow. The entire thing is like a project with pom and also a terminal application embedded inside hackerrank specifically for Capital One
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Senior Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Capital One

3.6
May 22, 2019

Programming test related to weather application which has some stubs that need to be completed and tested based on the instructions that are provided. Also we need to add new APIs and workflow. The entire thing is like a project with pom and also a terminal application embedded inside hackerrank specifically for Capital One

What is the biggest technical challenge you and your team have accomplished? How do you contribute to design discussions and code reviews? Can you give an example of a design discussion where you influenced the technical direction? What’s your process for architecture reviews or tradeoff decisions (e.g. REST vs GraphQL)? Have you ever encountered a performance or scalability issue? How did you diagnose, quantify, and address it? What was the impact and plan going forward?
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Software Engineering Manager

Interviewed at Qualtrics

3.6
Jul 28, 2025

What is the biggest technical challenge you and your team have accomplished? How do you contribute to design discussions and code reviews? Can you give an example of a design discussion where you influenced the technical direction? What’s your process for architecture reviews or tradeoff decisions (e.g. REST vs GraphQL)? Have you ever encountered a performance or scalability issue? How did you diagnose, quantify, and address it? What was the impact and plan going forward?

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