Personal Capital Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

It was a straightforward interview with a focus on software architecture over data structures and algorithms. The interviewer was helpful and informative. Behavioral questions were also a significant part. Overall, the process was smooth.

The interview was very well designed, with 1 manager call to check experience fit for the team, and another 3 rounds of video technical interviews. Then because my flight to SF was delayed, they kindly provided a take-home project which involved an AWS microservice design to finish before the onsite date. At last it is the onsite interview that included knowledge test, OOP question, system design. The interviews are set up at a medium level, and they keep emphasis on checking your coding fundamentals, as well as how well you know about microservices, scalable systems, etc. I feel very comfortable at the interview, and really appreciated that the manager let me join the team lunch and chat together. They are really a fantastic engineering team there.

I applied via LinkedIn and a recruiter reached out for a chat. It was a standard call, but they started by asking what I know about the company and why I'm interested. Then, a technical screen was scheduled with the Director. During the call, the interviewer mentioned they didn't have my resume or weren't by a computer. They asked for a quick intro about myself. They seemed eager to start asking questions and quickly got to it. The questions were fair, but the interaction felt tense and not very conversational. Right after the first question, when I repeated it to confirm understanding, the interviewer commented that I could just say if it wasn't my strong suit and they'd move on. Although I didn't answer most questions well, I felt it was a lost cause. They kept asking 'what next,' 'what else have you worked on,' and generic tech questions. In the end, they pitched their product and ended the call. I haven't heard back, and honestly, I wasn't expecting to.