First had to pass an OA on codesignal.
Recruiter then scheduled a Power Day interview virtually:
1 Case interview -
1 Behavioral interview -
1 System design -
1 Technical
Questions are pretty standard and not too diffucult. Interviewers were friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 Case interview - This one's unique. Have some product perspective to evaluate benefits/cons. Be prepared to evaluate logic based questions.
1 Behavioral interview - Pretty generic "Tell me about a time when.."
1 System design - Generic Design XYZ
1 Technical - Leetcode Mediums
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Capital One
Interview
I was cold called via an old resume. Rather than go into the resume the recruiter very apologetically told me that the first step was a code test. I normally don't accept those anymore at this point in my career, but she said it was 70min, but recommended I read the questions first and just skip it if I didn't like it. Lot of red flags when the recruiter seems to think the process is rubbish.
First question was word salad that took five minutes to read, but relatively easy. However, a bunch of tests failed requiring re-reading for a bunch of nuance. 20min gone. Second question was simply gibberish. Third was the most concise, but would also have taken twenty minutes to write. The fourth was mostly useless narrative and I didn't bother tying to figure out what the problem itself was.
It definitely seemed like a random grab bag of two-hour questions jammed into 70min.
Any company that gates their senior positions like this deserves what they get (cheaters).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One thousand words of boring narrative asking you to write a silly recursive function with poorly defined output requiring you to iterate for no reason.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Capital One in Jun 2026
Interview
I applied in February. Took an online technical assessment that comprised of four leetcode like problems. I wasn't able to finish them all, but somehow managed to pass. Some Capital One recruiter reached out to me, but for a different position. She told me that I passed the test. Okay that's nice, but what's next? Four months later and now in June, suddenly I have a Capitol One recruiter reach out to me about the position I applied to. She wants to schedule a Power Day interview with me.
The Power Day interview consists of a technical coding challenge, system design, behavioral, and a case study, four hours in total. Recruiter arranged a call with me to discuss what I should do to prepare; it's like you're basically studying for a final exam except you haven't spent a semester learning the material and need to spend a or two trying to study or learn system design especially if you have never done it like me.
On the actual Power Day, two of the interviewers seem nice and were more conversational. The other two technical interviewers feel like they were making jabs at my technical ability so I knew then that I wouldn't be getting the job.
Nevertheless, a few days after the interview. My recruiter reached out and asked me when was a good time to talk about the results. She called me and told me I did not pass and if I wanted to, I could try again in six months for other Capital One jobs.
Okay? Why didn't you just email this rejection notice instead of needing to tell about this through a call? Capital One thinks they're a FAANG company with the way they're conducting their interviews, but the salary you can potentially earn is nowhere near the FAANG companies.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a banking system that has several criteria like reporting back to a banking bureau.
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.