I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Capital One in Jul 2024
Interview
Recruiter did a very good job of staying in contact and made the process quick.
Passed code signal and went to power day.
Morning power day sessions went well, interviewers were very engaged and held conversation.
For the last interviews, one person did not show up at all and the interview had to be rescheduled. They didn't even have the professionalism to cancel.
For the last two interviews, both interviewers were disengaged and had few words when trying to have a conversation.
Also, the interview panel not being any one you will work has good intentions but was off putting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical behavior questions, case interview, a little bit of coding. Case interview was very confusing and not presented well.
My process consisted of a code signal exam with 4 medium to hard questions, power day with 4 rounds of interviews, and then met with Director. Process and offer happened quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle UI testing for multiple languages?
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.